Austrian world snowboardcross champ taken to hospital after X Games accident

Austrian SBX champ off to hospital after accident

ASPEN, Colo. — World champion snowboarder Max Schairer of Austria has been transported to the hospital to test for a concussion after a nasty wipeout in the Winter X Games snowboardcross semifinals.

Schairer, the 2009 champion who is scheduled to compete at the Vancouver Olympics next month, got tangled up in a wreck involving three of the six riders Saturday in a race over a tight course filled with turns and jumps.

X Games medical staff say Schairer had feeling in all his extremities, was breathing normally but was stabilized and taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure.