Australian Olympic snowboarder airlifted after suffering broken neck in Milan Cortina training accident

Four-time Olympic snowboarder Cam Bolton was airlifted to a infirmary successful Milan aft helium suffered a breached cervix portion grooming for the snowboard transverse lawsuit connected Thursday. 

Bolton, 35, crashed Monday but walked distant from the incidental without realizing the gravity of his injury, ESPN reported. The pursuing day, helium had expanding symptom successful his neck, and scans aboriginal revealed that helium suffered 2 fractures successful his neck. 

Cameron Bolton competes successful the men’s snowboard transverse seeding during the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games astatine Phoenix Snow Park successful Pyeongchang, South Korea, connected Feb. 14, 2018. (Jack Gruber/USA TODAY Sports)

He was airlifted from the mountains to Milan for further treatment. 

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Team cook de ngo Alisa Camplin provided a affirmative update connected Bolton’s condition, adding that she was "proud of the level of care" he’s been receiving.

"Cam wanted to marque his teammates understood what was happening and that helium was good and doing good and being looked aft well," she said, via ESPN. "He knows however earnestly we're taking the process of enactment astir him and the connection has been truly good."

Loan Bozzolo of France, Cameron Bolton of Australia and Daniil Donskikh of ROC vie successful 1/8 last 2 of the men’s snowboard transverse finals astatine Genting Snow Park during the Winter Olympics successful Zhangjiakou, China, connected Feb. 10, 2022.  (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

"Cam is successful a unchangeable information and remains successful bully spirits," the Australian Olympic Committee added successful a connection to Reuters Wednesday. "The Australian Olympic aesculapian squad is moving with section doctors and neurospecialists successful Australia to find adjacent steps for further appraisal and treatment."

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Bolton made his Olympic debut astatine the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, wherever helium finished 11th. He has 2 top-10 finishes, 10th successful PyeongChang successful 2018 and 9th successful the mixed squad lawsuit successful Beijing successful 2022.  

Cameron Bolton of Australia reacts aft failing to suffice for the semifinal aft finishing successful 4th spot successful quarterfinal 1 of the men’s snowboard transverse finals astatine Genting Snow Park during the Winter Olympics successful Zhangjiakou, China, connected Feb. 10, 2022. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

He won metallic successful the squad lawsuit astatine the 2025 World Championships.

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Bolton was acceptable to vie successful 2 events astatine Milan Cortina, the men’s snowboard transverse contention and the mixed squad event. 

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