GANGWON, South Korea. – Cross-country skier Avery Uriel Balbanida arrived here Thursday night after freestyle skier Laetaz Amihan Rabe was officially ruled out of the Fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Doctors at the Wonju Severance Christian Hospital declared the 14-year-old Rabe unfit to continue because of a left knee injury she sustained from a bad landing after a practice jump ahead of her slopestyle competition Wednesday.
“She needs to rest for four to six weeks because of her injury, but she’s doing fine,” Rabe’s father, Ric, said.
The young Rabe was discharged from the hospital and was treated to a lunch of snow crabs by his dad in a seaside seafood restaurant. She didn’t need crutches although she walked with a limp.
The Rabes plan to watch the freestyle big air competition on Sunday before flying home to Geneva on Monday.
