Overview
- Scans found two stable fractures in Bolton’s neck after a snowboard cross training fall in Livigno, leading to a helicopter transfer to a Milan hospital and his withdrawal from the Games.
- The Australian Olympic Committee invoked the Late Athlete Replacement rule, adding Olympic debutant James Johnstone to the men’s snowboard cross lineup with Adam Lambert and Jarryd Hughes for Thursday’s qualifying.
- Chef de mission Alisa Camplin-Warner said Bolton is doing well in hospital, joined by his wife, as team doctors coordinate care with local specialists and Australian neuro experts.
- Snowboard halfpipe rider Misaki Vaughan was stood down for seven days under concussion protocols after a training crash and a failed Head Injury Assessment.
- Team medical and wellbeing staff continue to manage other cases, including Laura Peel’s knee injury, Daisy Thomas’s re-injured knee as she targets big air, and Jarryd Hughes’s earlier foot fracture.