Olympian Belle Brockhoff was rushed to a Georgian hospital with a broken back after a serious crash at a Snowboard Cross World Cup race on Saturday.

Three-time Olympic snowboarder Belle Brockhoff has been rushed to hospital after fracturing her back in a high-speed crash while competing in Georgia, the Australian Olympic Committee said Tuesday.

Olympian snowboard cross rider Belle Brockhoff breaks her back in a crash at the FIS World Cup event in Georgia.

The patient was first referred for conventional radiography (figure 1) and 1 month later for MRI of the lumbar spine (figures 2 and 3). Avulsion of the anterior ring apophysis of L1 vertebral body.

“Examination and imaging revealed a fracture of the L1 vertebrae, with no neurological damage,” a statement published on behalf of Brockhoff by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) confirme ...