Rinoyanagimoto, Japan’s main freestyle skier in ladies’s moguls, has returned from a concussion that suffered within the competitors final February and is seeking to her Olympic debut on the Milan Cortina recreation subsequent winter.
Yanagimoto was on monitor for the Olympics in December 2023 with two World Cup silvers and two World Cup silvers with twin moguls, however the subsequent accidents have been three months along with therapy. It has led to rehabilitation and proved a severe setback.
Tests after her preliminary prognosis revealed a leak in cerebrospinal fluid, and Yanagimoto was battling complications and sleep issues.
Japan’s Rinoyanagimoto will compete within the ladies’s twin moguls on the Freestyle Ski World Cup occasion held in Waterville, Maine on January twenty fifth, 2025 (courtesy of rudi.garmisch/fis) (Kyokyo)
However, the 24-year-old stated the predicament helped her refresh her mindset.
“I began to pay attention extra on my snowboarding and feelings relatively than evaluating myself to different skiers,” stated Yanagimoto, who matched her finest World Cup end and twin mogul silver in December.
“I’m effectively formed. I need to proceed producing outcomes that put me within the prime six on the finish.”
Japan’s Rinoyanagimoto (L) is posing for a photograph after ending second within the ladies’s twin moguls on the Freestyle Ski World Cup occasion held in Bacliani, Georgia on December 21, 2024 (Rudi) .garmisch/fis courtesy) (Kyodo)
Known within the air, Yanagimoto, who was as soon as runner-up within the World Cup in 2021, however barely missed the 2022 Beijing Olympic Bertier.
One yr later, the Olympics would be the proper time for the robust second half of the present season of Willagimoto. She goals to convey her kind to the World Championships in March in Switzerland.
“I’m aiming to complete the rostrum and need to peak on the proper time,” she stated.
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