Olympic medalist snowboarder from Canada has lymphoma

MONTREAL (AP) — Olympic medalist snowboarder Max Parrot of Canada has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
Canada Snowboard said Thursday the cancer was diagnosed Dec. 21 after a biopsy 10 days earlier. The 24-year-old from Quebec will miss the rest of the 2018-19 season.
Parrot won a slopestyle silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games and is a five-time X Games champion.
Parrot said he underwent his first of 12 chemotherapy sessions last week. The cancer attacks part of the immu