"Team chef de mission Alisa Camplin said the popular Bolton was in good spirits despite the seriousness of the injury and had been joined by his wife. Cam wanted to make his teammates understood what was happening and that he was fine and doing well and being looked after well, she said in Livigno. 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."
"It is the fourth injury to strike the Australian team, with aerials medal favourite Laura Peel injuring her knee at a pre-Olympics training camp, while young freeskier Daisy Thomas also suffered a knee injury in a fall. Snowboard halfpipe Olympian Misaki Vaughan was also ruled out of making her debut after failing a HIA, hitting head while training on Monday. Under the team's head injury protocols, the 20-year-old can't participate for a minimum of seven days."
"Unfortunately with winter sport injuries happen along the way, in 53 athletes doing relatively high risk sports it's not something that's unusual I'm afraid to say, said Camplin, who won an aerials gold medal in Salt Lake City in 2022 skiing on two fractured ankles. My heart breaks on their behalf I know how much work goes into an Olympic dream. Camplin said the two-time world champion Peel continued to make progress."
Cam Bolton, 35, crashed while training for the snowboard cross event at his fourth Olympics and woke the next day with worsening neck pain. Scans revealed two fractures and he was transported from the mountain by helicopter to Milan for further treatment. Bolton was reported to be in good spirits and was joined at hospital by his wife. The injury ends Bolton's Winter Games campaign and marks the fourth injury affecting the Australian team. Laura Peel and Daisy Thomas both suffered knee injuries; Thomas withdrew from slopestyle but hopes to compete in big air. Misaki Vaughan failed a head injury assessment and is sidelined for at least seven days.
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