FILE - Silver medalist Aaron Blunck of the United States competes during the Men's Freeski Halfpipe event at the FIS Freeski World Cup in Chongli county near Zhangjiakou in northern China's Hebei province on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. In a crash a year ago, Blunk landed on the lip of the halfpipe and lacerated his kidney, broke ribs, fractured his pelvis and bruised his heart. While down in the halfpipe and waiting for a helicopter to take him to the hospital, he told his coach: "Please don't let me die." He's now a medal contender. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Aaron Blunk speaks during an interview at the X Games in Aspen, Colo., Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. American freestyle skier Aaron Blunck landed on the lip of the halfpipe a year ago while working on a switch double cork 1440. In the crash, he lacerated his kidney, broke ribs, fractured his pelvis and bruised his heart. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP, File)

FILE - Aaron Blunck, of the United States, makes a run during halfpipe qualifying Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at the U.S. Grand Prix freestyle skiing event at Copper Mountain, Colo. In a crash a year ago, Blunck lacerated his kidney, broke ribs, fractured his pelvis and bruised his heart. He's now a medal contender. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey, File)