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02-12-2018, 06:10 AM
Snowboarder recovers from horrific accident to win Olympic medal
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In March 2017, Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris laid in a hospital bed with fractured ribs, a fractured left arm, pelvis, and jaw, along with a ruptured spleen and collapsed left lung.*
On Saturday, less than a year after he slammed into a tree while backcountry snowboarding, McMorris claimed an Olympic bronze medal in the men's slopestyle event.*
SEE ALSO: These LGBTQ Olympians are here to break records (and tiny queer hearts) (https://mashable.com/2018/02/08/winter-olympics-2018-lgbtq-athletes/)
"I’m trying not to think too much about the past today," he said (http://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/mark-mcmorris-nearly-died-last-year-now-hes-an-olympic-bronze-medallist) to reporters after his improbable victory. "A lot of times I need to pinch myself. There have been some low times, but these high times make it worthwhile."* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/11/mark-mcmorris-olympic-bronze-medal-accident/)
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In March 2017, Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris laid in a hospital bed with fractured ribs, a fractured left arm, pelvis, and jaw, along with a ruptured spleen and collapsed left lung.*
On Saturday, less than a year after he slammed into a tree while backcountry snowboarding, McMorris claimed an Olympic bronze medal in the men's slopestyle event.*
SEE ALSO: These LGBTQ Olympians are here to break records (and tiny queer hearts) (https://mashable.com/2018/02/08/winter-olympics-2018-lgbtq-athletes/)
"I’m trying not to think too much about the past today," he said (http://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/mark-mcmorris-nearly-died-last-year-now-hes-an-olympic-bronze-medallist) to reporters after his improbable victory. "A lot of times I need to pinch myself. There have been some low times, but these high times make it worthwhile."* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/11/mark-mcmorris-olympic-bronze-medal-accident/)
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