Sky Brown was left in clear pain after a big fall during the women’s park preliminary rounds, just days after she dislocated her shoulder on the eve of the Paris Olympics.
The Team GB medal hopeful was officially cleared by Team GB doctors and physios to compete in Paris.
But Brown revealed that she would need strapping over her shoulder for each skate and that she would have surgery after the Olympics to ensure it doesn’t dislocate again.
“This one was really scary,” she said last week.
Sky Brown took a tumble in her final run
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“My shoulder being out and I couldn’t get it back in. My dad put it in for me.”
Brown showed no signs of the shoulder causing her any issues in the first run as she clinched an impressive score of 84.75 that ultimately secured her spot in the final.
However, her third run ended in disaster as she hit the concrete hard on her left side.
The 16-year-old started her routine with a perfect invert before circling around the park to gain speed for an alley-oop attempt.
But she over-rotated and lost control of the board, sending her flying across the concrete on her left shoulder.
Brown winced in pain as she picked up her arm to assess the damage and appeared in some discomfort.
She returned to her feet holding her arm in place before her father came down to help tow her tour of the arena.
Brown ended up with a score of just 10.66 for her third run, but her first was enough to secure her place in the final.
Sky Brown immediately clutched at her arm
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The teenager, who became Team GB’s youngest-ever medalist in Tokyo when she won bronze at the age of 13, appeared to indicate that she would still be able to compete in the final despite the knock to her shoulder.
“I feel good,” she said.
“I’m just happy to be here because I didn’t know if I was going to be able to be here.
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Sky Brown appeared in high spirits as she left the arena
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“On my last run I felt my shoulder a little bit and that was a little scary.
“I don’t want it to get worse. I’m already going to have to get surgery after this – it’s just scary.
“If I make it to the finals I just want to put my best out there and fight through it.”