{"id":30726,"date":"2022-02-03T19:13:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=30726"},"modified":"2022-02-10T19:41:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T00:41:41","slug":"aurora-native-suffers-injury-out-of-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-native-suffers-injury-out-of-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora native suffers injury, out of Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aurora native Derek Livingston took to Instagram on Monday to announce he has withdrawn from the 2022 Beijing Olympics after suffering a lower-body injury in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I announce I will not be competing at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing,\u201d Livingston wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA few days ago, I had an accident during training in Calgary that left me with a break in my fibula. As this wasn\u2019t the easiest news to receive, I have taken some time to process everything and I am back home in Whistler with my wife and dog, resting and recovering.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In what would have been Livingston\u2019s third Olympic appearance in his career, the half-pipe snowboarder thanked all doctors working with Canada Snowboard, his family and his team. He will be cheering on everyone from home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada Snowboard later announced, Calgary, AB native Liam Gill will be Livingston\u2019s replacement. The 18-year-old will join Canada Snowboard team as the only indigenous athlete, on behalf of Liidlii Kue First Nation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada Snowboard team will be sending 23 athletes to represent the nation. All 12 female athletes on the roster, will be the most Canada has ever sent to an Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Robert Belardi<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30726&#038;t=Aurora%20native%20suffers%20injury%2C%20out%20of%20Olympics&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30726&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F02%2F2022-02-03-03.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Aurora%20native%20suffers%20injury%2C%20out%20of%20Olympics\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30726&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Aurora%20native%20suffers%20injury%2C%20out%20of%20Olympics&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30726\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aurora native Derek Livingston took to Instagram on Monday to announce he has withdrawn from the 2022 Beijing Olympics after suffering a lower-body injury in practice. \u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I announce I will not be competing at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing,\u201d Livingston wrote.&nbsp; 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