PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Two-time snowboardcross gold medalist Seth Wescott from Maine injured his knee but says there’s enough time to recover before the Winter Olympics.
Westcott is recovering in Utah after surgery April 23 to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, which he injured on a snowboarding trip to Alaska.
He told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/14YyBU5) that he’ll be starting at zero and building himself back up. He said he hopes to resume snowboarding in November and to be ready for the Sochi Olympics in Russia.
Wescott is no stranger to injuries. Last year, he suffered a torn pectoral muscle but came back to win a World Cup race at Telluride. In 2001, he had reconstructive surgery on his right knee.
