Canadian snowboarder Seb Toutant says he ‘broke some ribs’ at X Games
Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant says he «broke some ribs» at the X Games in Aspen over the weekend but is already looking forward to a quick return to the sport.
The reigning Olympic big air gold medallist divulged the injury in a social media post Monday that was accompanied by a photo of himself smiling while sitting in a hospital bed.
«This year at X Games I crashed and broke some ribs. Luckily there was nothing internal affected!» the 27-year-old wrote in a post that appeared on both his Twitter and Instagram accounts. «Snowboarding is all I know and I’ll do whatever it takes to come back quickly and stronger.»
Toutant appeared to suffer the injury during a slopestyle qualifying run Thursday. He did not compete in either the slopestyle or big air finals on Saturday and Sunday.
The l’Assomption, Que., native was coming off a gold-medal win in slopestyle at a World Cup event in Switzerland a week before the X Games.
Toutant has six career X Games medals — two gold, two silver and two bronze.
This year at XGames i crashed and broke some ribs.. luckily there was nothing internal affected! Snowboarding is all i know and i’ll do whatever it takes to come back quickly and stronger ? <a href=»https://twitter.com/hashtag/snowboarding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw»>#snowboarding</a> <a href=»https://twitter.com/hashtag/smile?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw»>#smile</a> <a href=»https://t.co/zJ4zTIPLMq»>pic.twitter.com/zJ4zTIPLMq</a>
—@SebToots
