Watch: Olympic skier hospitalized after wild backflip crash
Canadian skier Chris Del Bosco was seriously injured Wednesday when he wiped out going over a jump in the men’s ski cross event at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The accident happened in the qualifying round when Del Bosco, competing against three other skiers in his heat, went over a jump and completely lost control.
His skis slipped and he went airborne, skis over his head.
Del Bosco, 35, flipped and landed on his back.
Emergency personnel attended to him for 10 minutes before carting him off on a stretcher. He waved to the crowd as he left.
Canadian Christopher Del Bosco. Yikes. pic.twitter.com/n9s5Da7YSF
— Darren Haynes (@DarrenWHaynes) February 21, 2018
Del Bosco, who was born in Colorado Springs but now lives in Montreal, was taken to a local hospital, where he was in stable condition Thursday.
#CAN's Chris Del Bosco suffers 4 rib fractures, bruised lung https://t.co/5IFLUuYHe0 pic.twitter.com/RZnLglg4xa
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) February 22, 2018
Team Canada confirmed Thursday that Del Bosco suffered four rib fractures, a pulmonary contusion and a stable pelvis fracture.
After a full assessment by Canadian Olympic Committee’s doctors, it is confirmed that Del Bosco has four rib fractures, a pulmonary contusion, and a stable pelvis fracture. (2/3)
— Team Canada PR (@TeamCanadaPR) February 22, 2018
“It sucks; it’s a teammate,” said Brady Leman, who wound up winning the gold medal for Canada in the event.
“Del was skiing super, super fast. In training he was one of the top guys every day. So he would have been tough to beat I think if he could have stayed on his feet,” Leman added.
Switzerland’s Marc Bischofberger took silver and Sergey Ridzik, representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia, won the bronze.
He is in the hospital, in stable condition and continues to be monitored. We wish Chris a speedy recovery and all of Team Canada is behind him. (3/3)
— Team Canada PR (@TeamCanadaPR) February 22, 2018
Del Bosco finished fourth in this event in the 2010 Olympics and 17th in 2014. His resume also includes two golds and a silver at the Winter X Games in ski cross.
“It’s too bad,” said Leman. “I hope he’s all right. It’s a pretty dangerous sport.”
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