Snowboarder Bruises Buttocks in Latest Sochi Spill
Find out which Olympic athletes have been injured at Sochi.
Feb. 18, 2014— -- intro:Yet another athlete had to be carted off an Olympic course on a stretcher today after a snowboarder fell hard and injured his rear.
Olympians have been tumbling down slopes, crashing into barriers and flipping over on sleds this year, adding to the ever-growing list of Sochi spills.
Click through to find out which athletes got hurt and how.
quicklist: 1category:Olympic Injuriestitle:Bruised buttocksurl:text:Italian snowboarder Omar Visintin took a tumble on an elevation drop during snowboardcross semi-finals on Tuesday, eventually landing on his face. He was carried off the course in a stretcher. The Associated Press learned that he bruised his rear in the crash.media:22564335
quicklist: 2category:Olympic Injuriestitle:Concussion and bloody faceurl:text:British skier Rowan Cheshire was knocked unconscious when she fell during a ski halfpipe training session on Sunday. She posted a photo of her bloodied face to Twitter the following morning and withdrew from the competition. media:22564543
quicklist: 3category:Olympic Injuriestitle:Spinal fractureurl:text:Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova fractured her spine during a training run Feb. 15. She underwent a 6.5 hour surgery and has since been airlifted to Germany for further treatment.media:22552178
quicklist: 4category:Olympic Injuriestitle:Concussionurl:text:Snowboarder Jacqueline Hernandez of the United States was carried off the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park course on stretchers yesterday. Hernandez screamed as she fell like a rag doll. She suffered from a concussion, and told reporters she didn't remember the accident.media:22552384
quicklist: 5category:Olympic Injuriestitle: Broken legsurl:text:A Sochi track worker was struck by a bobsled, breaking both legs last Thursday. He was hit by the forerunner, which goes down the track ahead of the athletes to check for safety.media:22554659
quicklist: 6category:Olympic Injuriestitle: Broken noseurl:text:Slovenian alpine skier Rok Perko broke his nose during a training run, bloodying the snow. media:22552063
quicklist: 7category:Olympic Injuriestitle: Dislocated shoulderurl:text:Canadian skier Marie-Michele Gagnon tweeted that she dislocated her shoulder during a slalom run, but she competed in her other races anyway.media: 22552799
quicklist: 8category:Olympic Injuriestitle: 180-degree flip on sledurl:text:Irish skeleton athlete Sean Greenwood was thrown into the air on a curve when his sled flipped over in the middle of a race on Friday. He finished 27th but wasn’t injured.media:22552273
quicklist: 9category:Olympic Injuriestitle: Bad fallurl:text:U.S. figure skater Jeremy Abbott fell and crashed into a barrier during his performance, lying on the ice 20 seconds before finishing his program. media:22552624
