"LIVIGNO, Italy -- Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris said he's "coming around and starting to feel like myself again" after suffering a concussion and pelvic injuries during a nasty fall in training on the big air course before the Milan Cortina Olympics started. In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, McMorris said he lost consciousness when he fell eight days earlier during training for the contest that opened the action at Livigno Snow Park last week."
""We've been doing a lot of different tests and taking all the necessary steps to make sure I'm in good shape," he said. "I'm thankful to have passed all those tests and, at the end of the day, to be feeling good and feeling confident to get back out there." The 32-year-old McMorris, winner of bronze medals in slopestyle at the last three Olympics, said he checked out the slopestyle course Thursday and will move forward with his training this week."
"Even though the injury knocked him out of big air, he said "very much so" when asked if his goals for slopestyle were still in tact. McMorris won his 12th X Games title last month and is considered at the top of the list of medal contenders. The dangers of snowboarding have been in plain view at these Olympics, the biggest stage for a sport full of daredevils who fly dozens of feet in the air and go off-axis with jumps and flips."
Mark McMorris suffered a concussion and pelvic injuries after a nasty fall in training on the big air course and lost consciousness during the incident eight days earlier. He has undergone numerous tests, passed them, and says he is feeling good and confident to resume training. McMorris inspected the slopestyle course and plans to move forward with training ahead of slopestyle qualifying next Monday. The injury removed him from big air, but he remains focused on slopestyle and is considered a top medal contender after winning his 12th X Games title. The dangers of snowboarding were underscored by China's Liu Jiayu suffering a grisly 'Scorpion' fall; Liu received treatment.
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