VIDEO: Big air skier expected to leave hospital soon after frightening crash at X Games

ASPEN — Swiss skier Luca Schuler, 19, was expected to be discharged from the hospital Saturday night after suffering a concussion at the X Games Big Air finals.

Schuler’s crash was a frightening sight for those watching the competition Saturday as the skier, who was the third to hit the jump in the cbig air finals, under rotated on a triple cork 1440 and hit his head on the landing. He slid down into the corral motionless, stopping the competition while crews attended to him.

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Schuler was both the youngest and lightest skier in the competition at 122 pounds. He turned 19 on Jan. 17. His crash turned out to be one of only a few bad landings in a competition that saw most skiers able to find their feet throughout the 25-minute jam session event. Britain’s James Woods won his first X Games gold, edging out Henrik Harlaut, who actually tied Woods but lost the tiebreaker. They each put down runs of 46, 42 and 41, but Woods’ fourth-best run, a 37, beat Harlaut’s fourth run 27.

Schuler’s teammate Kai Mahler took bronze for his fourth career X Games medal while Denver’s Bobby Brown, a three-time X Games gold medalist, was fourth.