stretcher

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The Netherlands international received oxygen before being taken off the field on a stretcher.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Canada's Cassie Sharpe, the 2018 Olympic champion and 2022 silver medallist, qualified third after her first run, but was taken away on a stretcher after a heavy crash on her second.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Fiala, who was laying face down on the ice, was able to prop himself on his elbows but did not move his lower body before being placed on a stretcher and taken to a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

After crashing 13 seconds into the downhill Vonn was airlifted off the mountain on a stretcher and later underwent surgery Sunday at a hospital in Treviso.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Finally, we made a stretcher out of some wooden poles and a blanket, and we carried the round-belly boy.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau