WHISTLER, British Columbia � An Australian bobsled pusher was hospitalized late Wednesday night following a crash on the first night of training for the Olympic two-man competition.

Duncan Harvey was conscious and not believed to have sustained serious injuries, according to an Australian statement distributed through press support staff at the track. A media official at the sliding facility said Harvey was taken for evaluation as a precaution to a hospital inside the Olympic athletes� village in Whistler.
Calls and e-mails to Australian team personnel seeking an update on Harvey�s condition were not immediately returned.
Harvey and pilot Chris Spring were among at least seven sleds to crash during Wednesday�s training session. Spring suffered a cut lip.
Competition in two-man bobsled begins Saturday.
The crash occurred on the same track where Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died last Friday when he lost control of his sled and slammed into a trackside steel pole at nearly 145 kmh (90 mph).
This is Harvey�s first Olympics, and he has said it completes a childhood ambition. The 29-year-old is in his third season as a member of the Australian team, after switching over from several years as one of the nation�s top 110-meter hurdlers.