Shaun Palmer injured in Italy
January 16, 2006, 6:33am
Shaun Palmer's Olympic medal hopes basically ended over the weekend
when the snowboarding icon suffered a torn Achilles' tendon during a
practice run at a World Cup event in Kronplatz, Italy. According to USA Today,
the 37-year-old said in a phone conversation from the Atlanta airport,
"It hurts, but I'm staying sober. I don't know what's next, but it's
not over." Palmer, a part-time motocross racer, battled back from a
drug overdose a year ago that almost cost him his life. He was hoping
to win a medal in snowboardercross, a new event, at the ucoming Winter
Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.
