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Gus Kenworthy breaks thumb, will still compete in slopestyle

Freestyle Skiing - Winter Olympics Day 6

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Gus Kenworthy of the United States competes in the Freestyle Skiing Men’s Ski Slopestyle Qualification during day six of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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Gus Kenworthy, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist in freeski slopestyle, tweeted that he broke his thumb while practicing on the course in PyeongChang. The injury will not stop him from competing this week though.

Fans will also be delighted to know that the injury clearly hasn’t affected Kenworthy’s sense of humor.

While painful, broken thumbs aren’t something that normally take skiers out of major competitions, but they can require some modifications. Canadian halfpipe skier Cassie Sharpe recently broke her thumb while competing in an X Games final and had to tape her pole to her hand for the rest of the contest. She won the bronze medal with one of those runs that came after the broken thumb.