The 2016 Rio Olympic champion was stretchered off the course after being part of a horrifying three-person wreck in the semifinal heat. View the original article to see embedded media.
Connor Fields was released from a hospital in Tokyo on Thursday, five days after a crash in his semifinal race at the Olympics left him with a brain bleed and other injuries.
The Rio gold medalist's father, Mike, said his son was responsive at the hospital following a wreck in the Olympics semifinal race. View the original article to see embedded media.