He pulled her out of Saturday's big air, complaining that the ramp was too slow and the landing area dangerous. That decision follows on from concern about her safety after Sildaru missed her Winter Olympic debut in Pyeongchang, South Korea, last year, because of a knee injury. Sildaru tried out skis for the first time when she was two years old and it was not long before evidence of aptitude began to emerge. At the Aspen X-Games Sildaru thumped Olympic champion Sarah Hofflin to storm to gold in slopestyle. In the half-pipe Canada's Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe went all in with a risk-laden routine that edged the Estonian into second.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 06, 2019 03:00 UTC