After wreck, Olympic champ I-Pod tweets: 'I am doing OK'

Posted January 30, 2018 6:00 am

The Associated Press

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Injured Olympic halfpipe champion Iouri Podladtchikov tweeted a picture of himself in a hospital gown along with the message "I am doing OK," after a scary wreck at the Winter X Games.

The snowboarder known as the I-Pod has a broken nose, but scans showed no signs of brain or neck trauma.

In one tweet, posted late Monday, he says: "Thank you so much for all the messages. I am so sorry for the mess of yesterday. I am doing OK."

He made no mention of whether he'll be able to compete at the Olympics. The men's halfpipe contest starts Feb. 13, and most snowboarders are heading to South Korea this weekend.

Podladtchikov's face slammed hard into the halfpipe Sunday night as he was landing a trick and he had to be taken off on a stretcher.

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Iouri Podladtchikov gets carted after he crashed during his second run in the men's superpipe finals at the Winter X Games on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, in Aspen, Colo. The Olympic champion snowboarder slammed his face against the halfpipe. Podladtchikov was taken to the hospital, where scans for brain and neck injuries came back negative. X Games officials said he suffered a broken nose and was awake and alert late Sunday night. (Anna Stonehouse/The Aspen Times via AP) The Associated Press

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