Team GB freestyle skier Izzy Atkin says she has withdrawn from the big air competitors on the Winter Olympics as she continues her restoration from a damaged pelvis.
Atkin aims to nonetheless compete in Beijing in the slopestyle – the occasion in which she gained Olympic bronze in 2018.
The 23-year-old broke her pelvis on the Dew Tour in Colorado in December.
Writing on social media, she mentioned she was “proud” to be again on skis after simply six weeks.
“All the docs mentioned my timeline could be impossibly bold but I’ve been giving rehab every thing I’ve received,” mentioned Atkin.
“I nonetheless have some targets I would like to meet (and physician’s clearance) earlier than I hurl myself by a slopestyle run once more but I could not be happier to be again doing what I like.
“I’ve made the robust determination to pull out of big air to give me extra time at dwelling to strengthen and put together for the slopestyle occasion.
“I do know my Olympic dream goes to look a little bit completely different this time round but given the place I used to be lower than a month in the past I might be stoked to even give you the chance to ski in Beijing.”
Team GB remains to be awaiting affirmation of Atkin’s big air withdrawal.
The ladies’s slopestyle takes place on 14 February, whereas Atkin’s youthful sister, Zoe, will make her Olympic debut in the halfpipe on 17-18 February.
Bankes wins World Cup bronze
Elsewhere, Charlotte Bankes took bronze in the ultimate snowboard cross World Cup earlier than the Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
Bankes, the present world champion in the occasion, will make her Olympic debut for Team GB in Beijing, after switching allegiance from France in 2018.
She completed third behind 2018 Olympic champion Michela Moioli of Italy and France’s Chloe Trespeuch.
The ladies’s snowboard cross occasion takes place on 9 February at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.
