Max Parrot, the Canadian Olympic snowboard slopestyle silver medalist, said he beat cancer, after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma on Dec. 21.
“After battling myself to the best I could during these past 7 months, I can finally say that I have won against cancer!!” was posted on Parrot’s Instagram. Parrot wrote that he underwent 12 rounds of chemotherapy, the last in June.
Parrot, a 25-year-old Quebecois, will return to competition at X Games Norway on Aug. 31. Parrot owns five X Games Aspen titles between big air and slopestyle, including three straight big air crowns before he had to miss this past January’s event.
In PyeongChang, Parrot took slopestyle silver behind American Red Gerard and was ninth in big air two weeks later.
“I’ve beaten cancer, but my body is not back to normal yet,” Parrot said, according to the Canadian Press. “I feel like I’m getting back my muscles and my cardio and my energy, but there’s still a lot of work to be done.”
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