BOSTON (AP) — Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton is undergoing surgery to remove a benign brain tumor.
Hamilton’s agent, David Baden, says the 51-year-old skater was having surgery Wednesday at a Boston hospital and was expected to make a full recovery.
Doctors discovered the tumor near Hamilton’s pituitary gland in 2004. He underwent a successful procedure to have the tumor shrunk, but it grew back and forced him to have the surgery to remove it.
Hamilton is a four-time world champion, who capped his career with a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo.
