2018 Olympics: Yuto Totsuka Sustains Bad Fall
Yuto Totsuka
Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka had a scary crash during the 2018 Winter Olympics menâs halfpipe snowboarding final on Tuesday  resulting in paramedics bringing the 16-year-old off the course on a stretcher.
The TV commentators described Totsukaâs fall as one of the worst theyâve ever seen. Olympics fans across the Internet quickly shared similar sentiments  with well-wishers offering the  Totsuka  sympathy and hopes for a speedy recovery.
âScary scene at the halfpipe. Medics tending to Japanâs Yuto Totsuka  who bounded off the lip and fell all the way down the pipe face-first. He was moving  but getting dragged off on a stretcher â the Washington Postâs Adam Kilgore wrote on Twitter. A reporter for the New York Times said the crowd was âstunned in silence.â
âReally hope the kid is okay. heâs just 16 years old and that was one of the worst crashes iâve ever seen. really hope for the best for the kid â a Twitter user named Cameron Brady wrote in response to  Totsuka âs crash.
 Totsuka  was taken to the hospital for CAT scans to examine what officials described as a hip injury.
[TGT]  had a scary crash during the 2018 Winter Olympics menâs halfpipe snowboarding final on Tuesday  resulting in paramedics bringing the 16-year-old off the course on a stretcher.
The TV commentators described Totsukaâs fall as one of the worst theyâve ever seen. Olympics fans across the Internet quickly shared similar sentiments  with well-wishers offering the   [TGT] sympathy and hopes for a speedy recovery.
âScary scene at the halfpipe. Medics tending to Japanâs Yuto Totsuka  who bounded off the lip and fell all the way down the pipe face-first. He was moving  but getting dragged off on a stretcher â the Washington Postâs Adam Kilgore wrote on Twitter. A reporter for the New York Times said the crowd was âstunned in silence.â
âReally hope the kid is okay. heâs just 16 years old and that was one of the worst crashes iâve ever seen. really hope for the best for the kid â a Twitter user named Cameron Brady wrote in response to  Totsuka âs crash.
  [TGT] was taken to the hospital for CAT scans to examine what officials described as a hip injury.