Australian Olympic snowboarder airlifted to hospital with broken neck

2026-02-11 - 03:06

Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton was airlifted to a Milan hospital after reporting worsening neck pain. (Cam Bolton/Insta pic) MILAN: Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton was airlifted to hospital with two neck fractures following a fall in training and is out of the Winter Olympics. The 35-year-old suffered the injury on Monday but complained of “worsening neck pain” the following day, the Australian Olympic Committee said. A CT scan identified that his neck was broken in two places and he was put on a helicopter to Milan. It is one of several injury blows to hit Australia at the Olympics in Italy. Another snowboarder, Misaki Vaughan, is also out after failing a head injury assessment following a fall on Monday. “My heart breaks on their behalf,” Australia’s chef de mission Alisa Camplin-Warner said. “Unfortunately, with winter sport, injuries happen along the way,” she said. “With 53 athletes doing relatively high-risk sports, it’s not something that’s unusual, I’m afraid to say.” Australian former world champion Laura Peel also suffered a knee injury last week in training. And fellow freestyle skier Daisy Thomas was ruled out of an event on Saturday after crashing during practice.