Australian Rider Breaks Neck In Olympic Training

Olympic snowboarding is dangerous, and snowboard cross might be the most dangerous discipline of them all.

Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton fell hard in a training session in Livigno on February 9, 2026. He walked away from the incident, but woke up with neck pain the next day. Doctors later found that he had fractured his neck in two different places, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

A CT scan showed that he had two neck fractures. Bolton has since been ruled...