Rowan Cheshire, the 18-year-old British halfpipe skier who was knocked unconscious in a training accident on Sunday, has been discharged from hospital.
Cheshire was diagnosed with concussion after hitting her face on the left hand wall of the halfpipe in training, one of a spate of accidents over the weekend in Sochi.
The official Olympic news service reported that she was unconscious for several minutes before being taken on a stretcher to the medical tent.
After being examined by Team GB medical staff and diagnosed with concussion, she was taken to a local hospital overnight as a precaution.
Wasn't the best day yesterday, still don't remember much! Thanks everyone for the lovely messages pic.twitter.com/qVG8eET3BV
— Rowan Cheshire (@Rowan_C_) February 17, 2014
"Cheshire will be discharged today after the doctors were happy with her progress. She will return to the Athlete's Mountain Village where she will be looked after by Team GB medical staff," said a British Olympic Association statement.
"Her progress will be monitored on a day to day basis as is standard with concussion and a determination regarding her ability to compete will be made later this week."
Cheshire tweeted a picture of her cut and bruised face on Monday morning, adding: "Wasn't the best day yesterday, still don't remember much! Thanks everyone for the lovely messages."
Cheshire, the second youngest member of the 56-strong British team, is one of a group of so-called "fridge kids" who have captured the imagination during the Sochi Games.
Having learned to ski on her local dry slope in Stoke, she attended the "grom camps" run by the current Team GB freestyle skiing coach Pat Sharples and now trains at indoor ski centre Chill FactorE.
Hard as nails this chick rocks sometimes a little bottom lip pout makes everyone feel better @Rowan_C_ @suummerhayes pic.twitter.com/bl0BmGgeHP
— Chemmy Alcott (@ChemmySki) February 17, 2014
In an interview with the Guardian before the Games she said that dealing with the psychological challenge of the sport was key. "It's definitely a big mind game. It's getting over the scariness of the bigger tricks, getting your mind together and just doing them," she said.
Cheshire won the gold medal in a World Cup event in Calgary last month and is ranked seventh in the overall standings.
Her accident came a day after the Russian freestyle skier Maria Komissarova broke her back on the nearby slopes and on a day when three other athletes were hurt after falling at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
