An Austrian Snowboard Racer Broke His Neck And Finished His Race Anyway
by Patrick Redford from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3G0AC)

Markus Schairer was in fourth position heading towards the penultimate jump of the first quarterfinal of men's snowboard cross when something went wrong that caused his board to get out from under him. Schairer flailed in the air, then came down hard straight on his back, breaking his fifth cervical vertebrae. The "