White wrist woes add to list of slopestyle injuries
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Shaun White saw the glassy sheen of the super-steep takeoff ramp and knew something bad was coming.
He fell and jammed his left wrist — adding another nagging injury to his long list of bumps and bruises while also entering his name on the growing list of athletes falling victim to a treacherous Olympic slopestyle course.
“A little intimidating,” he called the course after yesterday’s training. “It’s been a challenge.”
Through two days of practice runs in the Russian mountains above Sochi, the course at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park has already taken out one of the favorites, Torstein Horgmo of Norway, who broke a collarbone while riding through the rails on Monday.
Yesterday, shortly after White’s minor injury, Marika Enne of Finland fell hard and hit her head at the end of her run. She was taken off the course on a stretcher with a concussion.
Slopestyle qualifying begins today — the day before the opening ceremony — with White trying to win the first of two gold medals at this year’s Olympics. His attempt at a third straight title on the halfpipe is set for next Tuesday.
First, though, he must emerge unscathed from a slopestyle course that is taking its toll on some of the world’s best riders. “It’s frustrating to see it,” White said. “It puts a damper on the whole mood and it’s kind of like you’re getting ready to do a big trick and you see something like that. Intimidating. Unfortunate.”
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