Snowboarding - X Games Men's Big Air Snowboard finals, Hafjell, Norway - 11/03/17 - Gold medalist Mark McMorris from Canada.NTB Scanpix/Geir Olsen/via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris, a bronze medallist at the Sochi Olympics, is in a Vancouver hospital recovering from injuries sustained in a backcountry snowboarding accident, Canada Snowboard said on Monday.
McMorris suffered a fractured jaw, fractured left arm, ruptured spleen, a stable pelvic fracture, rib fractures and a collapsed left lung on Saturday and had to be airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital, where he has undergone several surgeries.
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