FILE PHOTO – Snowboarding – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men’s Big Air Qualifications – Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 21, 2018 – Max Parrot of Canada competes. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
(Reuters) – Olympic snowboarding slopestyle silver medalist Max Parrot of Canada has said he has beaten cancer and intends to return to competition at an X Games event in Norway in August.
Parrot, a five-times X Games champion who won silver at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, revealed in January that he had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
“After battling myself to the best I could during these past seven months, I can finally say that I have won against cancer,” the 25-year-old said in an Instagram post.
“So hyped to compete at @xgamesnorway in a month. It has felt so weird not to compete last season. Stoked to get back at it. Can’t wait.”
Hodgkin lymphoma is a relatively rare cancer, according to Lymphoma Canada.
It accounts for around 0.5% of all cancers and 15% of all lymphomas diagnosed. Each year in Canada, approximately 900 people are diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, editing by Nick Mulvenney