US EditionOlympic Snowboarder Cam Bolton Suffers Gruesome Neck Injury After Training Crash
Bolton suffered two neck fractures during training and was airlifted to hospital, forcing withdrawal from snowboard cross at the Milano Cortina 2026 Games.
- On Monday, Cam Bolton, Australian snowboarder, crashed during training and was airlifted from the mountain; the Australian Olympic Committee confirmed Tuesday he withdrew from the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
- Bolton initially walked away from the fall but reported worsening pain the day after the fall, prompting medical evacuation after a training run at the Olympic mountain.
- Medical scans showed two neck fractures at the Olympic Polyclinic, and the AOC said on Wednesday that `Cam is in a stable condition and remains in good spirits`; the Australian Olympic medical team is coordinating with local doctors and neurospecialists.
- Bolton's withdrawal leaves a competitor out of the snowboard cross event on Thursday, after the AOC confirmed Tuesday that Bolton and Misaki Vaughan were injured in training and forced to withdraw, with the AOC social media message wishing them well in recovery.
- Across the Games, organizers have reported multiple serious injuries, including Chinese snowboarder Liu Jiayu’s halfpipe fall and Lindsey Vonn, U.S. skier’s complex tibia fracture.
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By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN en Español. The Australian Olympic team confirmed that snowboarder Cam Bolton is in stable condition after suffering a neck fracture in a fall on the snowboard cross course during training on Monday. Following the fall, the team attended to Bolton's head, neck, and shoulder symptoms, and on Tuesday it was confirmed that the 35-year-old athlete suffered two stable cervical fractures after a CT scan performed at the O…
Olympic Snowboarder Cam Bolton Suffers Gruesome Neck Injury After Training Crash
Cam Bolton is recovering from a harrowing accident. Days before the Australian snowboarder was set to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics, he was forced to withdraw from the men’s snowboard cross...
Australian Olympic snowboarder airlifted to hospital
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 th…
Australian Cam Bolton fell during Monday's training session, but did not seek help until the next day and was taken to hospital by helicopter.
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