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Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton suffered two fractures in his neck during training days before competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
By Adrianne Reece Feb 11, 2026 4:10 PMTags
Lindsey Vonn Breaks Silence on Olympics Injury, Reveals Real Reason Behind 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 race on Feb. 12 after suffering an injury, the Australian Olympic Team confirmed on social media.
Bolton had fallen during his snowboarding training session in Milan on Feb. 9, multiple outlets reported. Although the 35-year-old—who last competed in the Beijing Winter Games in 2022—seemingly left the practice unscathed, he woke up with severe pain in his neck the following day and sought medical treatment.
Bolton’s scans revealed he suffered two fractures, the outlets reported, leading to him being airlifted from the mountain by helicopter to another facility in Milan for further treatment. As of now, Australia’s Chef de Mission Alisa Camplin-Warner reassured he is “doing well” amid his recovery.
“Cam wanted to make [sure] his teammates understood what was happening and that he was fine and doing well and being looked after well,” Camplin-Warner told reporters. “He knows how seriously we’re taking the process of support around him and the communication has been really good. I’m proud of the level of care.”
Bolton isn’t the only athlete that suffered a serious injury on his road to the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Indeed, alpine skier Lindsey Vonn notably crashed while competing in the women’s downhill final on Feb. 8. She later revealed she “sustained a complex tibia fracture,” which involves significant damage to multiple bone fragments in her legs, that will “require multiple surgeries to fix properly.”
“I was simply 5 inches too tight on my line when my right arm hooked inside of the gate, twisting me and resulted in my crash,” the 41-year-old explained in her Feb. 9 Instagram post. “My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever.”
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Though an unfortunate accident, Vonn—who originally retired from the sport in 2019 due to chronic knee pain—noted she has “no regrets” for returning back to the slopes.
“Standing in the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget,” she expressed. “Knowing I stood there having a chance to win was a victory in and of itself. I also knew that racing was a risk. It always was and always will be an incredibly dangerous sport.”
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