T.J. Lanning, of the United States, is airlifted off-course following a crash during the Lake Louise Men's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta.
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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The U.S. Ski Team says TJ Lanning has a fractured vertebrae in his neck and a dislocated left knee from a crash during the season-opening World Cup downhill.
U.S. Ski Team spokesman Tom Kelly in Aspen, Colo., said that the 25-year-old Lanning, of Park City, Utah, has full movement but that his injuries are "clearly season-ending."
Team medical director Richard Quincy called Lanning's injuries "serious," but added in a statement on Sunday that the "vertebrae fracture is not displaced and does not appear to require surgery at this time."
Lanning was hurt Saturday at Lake Louise, Alberta, and taken to a Calgary hospital. He'll be moved to a hospital in Vail, Colo.
His best World Cup showing was ninth place in last year's downhill at Lake Louise.
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