Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris unable to compete in Olympic big air event after training crash
Posted on: Feb 05, 2026 03:53 IST | Posted by: Cbc
canadian river snowboarder deutsche mark McMorris has been ruled come out of the men's vainglorious broadcast competition following a crash in training on Wednesday night at the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games.
In a social media post on Thursday, the 32-year-old from Regina said he still hopes to compete in the slopestyle event, set to begin on Feb. 16.
"I took a fall last night, I hit my head and I will not be able to compete in big air tonight, unfortunately," McMorris said. "But fortunately, things are looking up for slopestyle, so [I'm] just trying to stay positive and shift my focus to that event."
Brendan Matthews, Canada Snowboard's vice-president of business development and partnerships, said the 32-year-old from Regina was taken to hospital late Wednesday and released soon after.
McMorris, who won bronze medals in slopestyle in each of his three previous Olympics, spent the night at the Olympic Village.
"He's up this morning. He's feeling good," Matthews said earlier Thursday, just metres away from the big air slope where McMorris went down.
Concerns were raised when McMorris was taken away on a stretcher but Matthews said that was routine after such falls. Still Matthews said it was worrying at the time.
"It always looks scary when someone takes a hard fall like that, but all things considered it's good news," said Matthews.
He called it a "freak accident," saying McMorris actually landed the trick he was attempting when it happened. He just caught some loose snow with his heel edge and had a "hard fall."
"In our sport, we like to call it a 'snow snake' that comes up and bites you out of nowhere," Matthews added. "Just a little bit of loose snow that was on the slope. Nobody's fault but unfortunately these things happen in an extreme sport like ours."
Slopestyle qualification is set for Feb. 16 with the men's final two days later.
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