Canadian Skier Suffers Possible Broken Pelvis in Horrific Olympic Crash

A Canadian skier suffered a possible broke pelvis following one of the nastiest crashes of the [...]

A Canadian skier suffered a possible broke pelvis following one of the nastiest crashes of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Team Canada's Christopher Del Bosco was competing in a crash-ridden eighth heat of the men's ski cross competition on Wednesday when he and three other competitors entered one of the final jumps of the race.

Del Bosco entered the jump behind his competitors and went flying off course, jolting off balance and significantly higher than the other men. He appeared to lose his footing on a previous jump, potentially leaving him unprepared to navigate the hill.

As he surged off the hill, the Canadian swung his arms and legs with no hope of correcting the jump.

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(Photo: Getty / David Ramos)

He landed on his back and required nearly 10 minutes of medical attention at the side of the course until he was carried out on a stretcher.

The severity of his injuries is unclear, but he waved to the crowd as he was carried off the course.

While one official claimed Del Bosco suffered a broken pelvis, the Team Canada public relations team tweets that he has "been taken to hospital with team doctors for examination."

They planned to wait for the results before sharing a prognosis.

Del Bosco was only one of the skiers who suffered a crash on the Phoenix Park course on Wednesday. Terence Tchiknavorian of France was also taken to a hospital with a suspected fractured shin during the heat, and Austrian skier Christoph Wahrstoetter suffered a concussion after colliding with another competitor in heat six.

But despite the injures, and a collision between Canada's Kevin Drury and Russian Sergey Ridzik in the final, the athletes refused to blame the course or conditions for the mishaps.

"Throughout the season you see a lot of crashes," Drury said, Huffington Post reports. "It is part of the sport. It is the bad part of the sport but it is kind of what happens."

"It is sad (these injuries) are happening," added Slovenia's Filip Flisar, who was booted from the competition in the semi-finals. "There is not a lot you can do because the specifics of the sport itself are extreme."

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