Gus Kenworthy shares image of badly injured face following ski accident

Olympic freeskier Gus Kenworthy has shared a graphic photo of himself on Instagram after he knocked himself “out cold” on the slopes last Friday (April 1).

The former Attitude cover star appears badly scratched and bruised down his nose and forehead, but has shown rather commendable positivity after taking part in a film shoot just days later and writing that he’s “stoked on the shots we got considering the circumstances.”

Not-so-cute portrait that @shay_will took of me at @tellurideski, today! I came home to film an edit on a some private features that @jibmasterchris built for me. I was planning to shoot for four days but after knocking myself out cold on Friday afternoon we ended up only getting to film for about three hours, today. Stoked on the shots we got considering the circumstances – stay tuned for more pics and video! cc: @clarkemichaels @goodiepocket

A photo posted by gus kenworthy (@guskenworthy) on Apr 4, 2016 at 8:12pm PDT

Gus’s sponsor Nike recently showed their support for the world champion freeskier after gifting him a special pair of rainbow goggles – fingers crossed they might have a few rainbow helmets back there too!

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