I'm Pretty shattered right now. I’ve had a rough few years with some minor injuries, and the one knee surgery, but it all came together this season and I was feeling at the peak of my career (so far). To be so close to achieving something I set out to do a long time ago, and have it so quickly taken away is devastating. Especially given the circumstances were completely out of my control.
I was skiing down the middle section of the course in Deer Valley, when the binding toe piece snapped in half and blew off the ski, shooting the ski away from under me. I held it together for another turn on one ski, before I tried to pull out to the side. When I attempted to pull out, my boot dug into the front side of a mogul and sent me tumbling down the remainder of the middle section. I felt sudden pain in my knee early in the crash, however once I came to a complete stop, the pain subsided.
I had an MRI yesterday and got the results back today. I was hoping it might have been something simple I could maybe jimmy up with a quick surgery and still make the games, but not to be by the sounds of it. I tore the PCL, a partial tear of the MCL, partial tear of the lateral meniscus, a torn medial retinaculum , and some bone bruising, etc.
Here is a video of the crash:
I am liaising with the insurance company to try and get on a flight home to Australia soon, where I'll meet with the surgeon, and go from there. Who knows, maybe he'll open me up, do some voo doo surgery and fix me up in time. But at this stage I am 99% sure the Olympic dream is over. Looks like my good mate Sammy Hall will get to go in my place.
Here are some photo's pre-injury.
Ramone
(At least I have a good moe)
(D-spin, bottom air)
(Back X, Top Air)
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