Snowboard: Quad bike crash rules US snowboarder Davis out of Games – AFP News : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
Los Angeles (AFP) – American snowboarder Danny Davis suffered a spinal fracture in a quad bike accident Sunday and will not compete in next month’s Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.
In updates on his Facebook Internet social networking page, fans of the 21-year-old halfpipe star learned that Davis will not compete in any other events this year as a result of the fracture caused by the accident in Utah.
But doctors who operated upon Davis on Monday to repair the break were “positive Danny will make a full recovery”.
Davis joins Kevin Pearce, who suffered a serious head injury December 31 while trying to land a double cork move during a training run, as top Americans who were favorites to compete at Vancouver that will not be on the US squad.
The American lineup will be finalized this weekend after two last qualifying events in Utah.
Davis upset reigning Olympic halfpipe champion Shaun White at a qualifying event earlier this month with an unprecedented three double corks and Pearce was also among the few to defeat “Flying Tomato” White in competition.
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