CANADIAN skier Chris Delbosco suffered a suspected broken pelvis after a brutal 30-metre fall in the men’s ski cross.
The 35-year-old completely misjudged his take-off from a jump and accidentally performed a horror back-flip, which left him flying through the air upside-down.
He desperately kicked his legs in mid-air to try to reset himself but could not get upright.
Delbosco then landed on his right hip before skidding several metres and coming to a stop as his rivals went on to finish the run.
A Canadian official initially said he had suffered a broken pelvis but then revealed more tests were needed.
Elsewhere in the heats, Terence Tchiknavorian of France was taken to hospital with a suspected fractured shin and Austrian Christoph Wahrstoetter picked up a concussion as the casualties piled up in the ski cross and athletes were taken away on stretchers.
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The Canada star was competing in his third Olympics after attending Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014.
Delbosco was born in the United States and was raised in Colorado, but he was stripped of two US national titles due to substance abuse earlier in his career.
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His sister Heather convinced him to go into rehab after he was discovered drunk and in a ditch with a broken neck aged just 21.
Now, 14 years later, he is nursing another broken bone, but that is thanks to chasing his Olympic dream.
! Awesome couple of days getting back up to speed. Body feels great, ready for some #skicross. Thanks @jordanwilliams5000 for taking the time to work with me and to the #nextgen group for letting me poach a few runs of gs. Home for a few days and then 
to Europe. #myseason starts now 
@jordanwilliams5000He was on for the bronze medal at the Vancouver Games in 2010, but he fell as he was trying to move up the rostrum with the line in sight.
Montreal resident Delbosco won gold in ski cross at the World Championships in 2011 and at the X Games in Aspen in 2010 and 2012.
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