ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) – Australia’s Belle Brockhoff was taken off the snowboard cross course by stretcher on Saturday after she fell in the course of the combined staff quarter-final on the Beijing Video games.
The Australian Olympic Committee stated on Twitter Brockhoff was being handled on the course after an “awkward fall.”
The occasion resumed after a quick delay.
Heavy snow started to fall in Zhangjiakou forward of Saturday’s closing, masking the course with a layer of powdery snow. Air temperatures fell to -11 diploma Celsius (12.2°F) and visibility was decrease than regular.
(Reporting by Winni Zhou and Mari Saito; Enhancing by Peter Rutherford)
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