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  •   Home > News > Sports > Skiing

    Snowboarder Cool Wakushima's been ruled out of the Beijing Olympic big air competition

    Snowboarder Cool Wakushima's been ruled out of the Beijing Olympic big air competition


    She hasn't fully recovered from a tailbone injury sustained in the slopestyle where she finished 23rd.

    However, Wakushima's relished the experience.



    Slopestyle gold medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, who secured bronze in the big air at PyeongChang, is back in qualifying action from 2.30pm.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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