Canadian Olympic snowboarder drops out of big air event following hard crash

Canadian Olympic large aerial snowboarder Mark McMorris was forced to driblet retired of the lawsuit aft helium suffered a hard clang during signifier astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina Games connected Wednesday.

McMorris had won a golden medal successful the large aerial contention astatine the 2021 World Championships and was expected to contend for a podium spot astatine this year’s Winter Olympics. But the pugnacious spill caused him to beryllium taken disconnected the slopes connected a stretcher and landed him concisely successful the hospital.

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Medical unit stretcher Canada's Mark McMorris disconnected aft crashing during a snowboard large aerial grooming league astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

"I deed my caput and volition not beryllium capable to vie successful large aerial tonight, unfortunately," helium wrote successful a station connected Instagram.

McMorris added that helium volition beryllium acceptable to spell for the slopestyle event, which begins connected Feb. 16. He has 3 Olympic bronze medals successful the event.

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Canada's Mark McMorris practices during a snowboard large aerial grooming league astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

"Just trying to enactment affirmative and absorption connected that event. Huge acknowledgment to the unthinkable aesculapian unit who took large attraction of me, and to everyone who reached retired with truthful overmuch emotion and support."

Canadian Snowboard authoritative Brendan Matthews said McMorris was released from the infirmary quickly. He said it was modular protocol to beryllium taken disconnected connected a stretcher.

"It ever looks scary erstwhile idiosyncratic takes a hard autumn similar that, but each things considered, it’s bully news," Matthews said.

Australia’s Val Guseli is acceptable to regenerate McMorris successful large air. He usually competes successful the halfpipe competition.

Canada's Mark McMorris reacts aft crashing during a snowboard large aerial grooming league astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.  (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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He won a metallic medal successful the halfpipe astatine the 2023 World Championships and picked up a bronze medal successful the 2023 Winter X Games astatine the SuperPipe competition.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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