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Olympic snowboarder recovering after knee to the face in B.C. back country

Canadian Mark McMorris healing from injuries that put him in a Revelstoke hospital bed
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Canada’s Mark McMorris celebrates with his bronze medal during the medal ceremony for men’s snowboard slopestyle at the Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris is sporting a look these days courtesy of his knee to his face. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris is sporting a look these days courtesy of taking his knee to his face.

The 30-year-old from Regina posted on Instagram earlier this week a video of himself spinning and twisting high above a snowy slope.

Upon landing, the video immediately cut to the snowboarder in a Revelstoke, B.C., hospital bed with a bruised eye swollen shut, crooked nose and facial cuts.

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