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A strong headache forces Elizabeth Yarnold to skip the second round of the Skeleton World Cup.
Monday 15 December 2014 3 minutes reading time
The twenty-five Olympic champion and winner Friday & Igrave; last race of 'opening of Lake Placid has preferred not to take part in the trial of Calgary scheduled for next weekend, following repeated dizziness that have already begun to manifest & agrave; during the first competition of the year.
"It '' better than Lizzy does not compete in the second race of the season - said Andi Schmid coach of the English skeleton - the forces they face the skeletonisti during descents are notable and & egrave; our duty to ensure that Elizabeth is ready hundred percent to compete. "
"I am very sorry not to be at the start Friday & Igrave; - echoes Yarnold in a statement issued by the British Skeleton to the media - I started to feel the first dizziness at the end of the first run of Lake Placid, but after a while '' these problems have passed and have been able to get out regularly in the second run. However the 'migraine & egrave; back again to manifest and cos & Igrave; I decided to take a break but will be in January & agrave; ready to get back into the fray. "
The bond skeleton-migraine back then to be again a topic of discussion. Last year, in fact Duff Gibson engineer of the Canadian team was the first to highlight this correlation limiting the descents of its athletes to maintain their health. The 'coach had also started a research project to determine the' origin of this problem, set within the helmet by placing athletes an accelerometer, which allowed vericare in detail the 'intensity & agrave; of the forces that occur on the body of skelettonisti in the various paths.
At the moment we have no information about the results of this survey, for sure the flat rate of pi & ugrave; strong athlete in business & agrave; should give pause to the leaders of the FIBT that should work with the Canadian Federation to try to find a solution to protect the health of skeletonisti.
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