DENVER (AP) -- Jim Moran, a member of the 1998 U.S. Olympic freestyle ski team, was in a coma and in critical condition today after crashing in a weekend competition at Vail.
"He's been on a respirator since admission to the facility," Swedish Medical Center spokeswoman Jessica Anderson said. "He is still in critical condition, and he has a severe head injury."Moran, 26, landed face first following an aerial spin Saturday in the U.S. Freeskiing Open. He was airlifted to Swedish in Denver.
Moran left the U.S. team after finishing 23rd in the moguls competition in the Nagano Olympics. He skied to two World Cup moguls victories, a 1993 event in Breckenridge and a 1996 competition in Altenmarkt, Austria.
Originally from Stowe, Vt., he recently moved to Park City.