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Pilot Jakob Mandlbauer of Team Austria is carried off the ice track by medical staff and security personnel after an accident in run 2 of the Men's 4-Man Bobsleigh at the Cortina Sliding Center during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games Michael Kappeler/dpa
Austrian bob pilot Jakob Mandlbauer was discharged from hospital in Salzburg on Tuesday, three days after his serious crash in the Olympic four-man bobsleigh race.
According to the Austrian Olympic Committee, the 27-year-old was initially taken to hospital in Cortina after the accident and then to Treviso, for where he was transferred by air ambulance to Salzburg on Sunday.
"The pain is still there, but it's getting better every day. I'm glad to be home now," Mandlbauer said according to Austrian agency APA.
He plans to start physiotherapy as early as next week. He had complained of neck pain.
Mandlbauer was treated at the Ca' Foncello Hospital in Treviso, the same clinic where US ski star Lindsey Vonn was taken after her broken leg in the Olympic downhill. She is now back in the United States.
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