Rachel Axon

USA TODAY Sports

ASPEN, Colo. – Olympic gold medal favorite Mark McMorris crashed into a rail in the X Games slopestyle final Saturday, breaking a rib and missing the chance to repeat as the three-time champion in the event.

The Canadian snowboarder went to a local hospital after his event. He broke one rib but did not have any further complications, according to X Games medical staff.

Fellow Canadian Maxence Parrot claimed the gold medal after becoming the first rider to land back-to-back triple corks

McMorris' injury comes 12 days before he is slated to compete in Sochi. McMorris was taking his third run of the event when he seemed to catch the edge of his board on the third rail feature, sending his body tumbling down the rail. He appeared to bounce off of it with his torso.

After he was seen by medical personnel on the course, McMorris rode down the rest of the mountain.

"Thank you to everyone for your concern," McMorris said. "After thorough discussions with my team of doctors and a number of medical specialists, and my physical therapist and coaches, I will continue as planned with traveling to Europe tomorrow and recovering for the Olympics. While I'm sore, I'm continuing on my road to Sochi."

McMorris did not attend the medal ceremony for his event, which took place nearly two hours after his last run.

His crash came as he attempted to regain the lead in the contest. Parrot took the lead after the first run with a score of 94.00, but McMorris topped it on his second run when he landed a triple cork on the last jump and scored a 95.66.

On the third run, Parrot moved back in first with two triples of his own and a score of 96.33. McMorris' crash meant he was assured a medal but didn't clinch silver until Norwegian Torstein Horgmo – a medal favorite in Sochi – fell on the last jump of his third run.

Norwegian Stale Sandbech took bronze.

"I had a lot of pressure on my last run because I was sitting in second position and I really didn't want the silver medal again," said Parrot, who finished second here last year.

Anderson disappointed in slopestyle

Even if her first-run score had held, Jamie Anderson would have been a bit disappointed. A

crash in practice left her shaken and kept her from putting down her best run Saturday.

It also kept her from a third consecutive X Games gold in slopestyle. Norwegian Silje Norendal won the event, scoring a 96.00 on her final run to edge out Anderson, who took silver with a score of 95.66 on her first run.

"I know my riding wasn't as solid as it usually is," said Anderson, who has a medal in every X Games she has competed in slopestyle. "I was pretty surprised with the high score on the first run, but knew that I really wanted to clean up my runs and just do everything at my very best. I was a little bit disappointed I didn't have the opportunity to really land a solid run."

Tribute to Caleb Moore

Snowmobiler Colten Moore returned to the X Games this year riding for his brother, Caleb, who died almost a year ago after complications from injuries he suffered in a crash here.

Thursday, Moore won gold in freestyle. Competing Saturday in the long jump, an event which returned for the first time since 2010, he took bronze. Each time, he wore a hat embroidered with his brother's No. 31.

"Caleb would be pumped. He'd be pumped for sure," said Moore, 24. "It's weird. I got a third place and a first place. This is the one time I wish his number was 11, not 31. But I'm sure he's pumped."

After the event, the X Games held a tribute to Caleb Moore, who was 25 when he died. After a video montage, Moore's father, Ward, spoke to the crowd, and the other snowmobilers revved their engine in celebration of Caleb's life.

"It's amazing," said Colten Moore. "This whole year people have supported us and helped us through this and just shown their support and love for Caleb and my family. To do it at X Games, it's awesome."