Cameron Rahles-Rahbula will not be able to compete at his fourth and final Winter Paralympic Games. “We’re incredibly disappointed for him as an athlete, but yet incredibly proud of the integrity he’s shown as he’s dealt with all this,’’ Chef de Mission Chris Nunn commented.
Team doctor Geoff Thompson explained Initial X-rays, MRIs and scans showed that Rahles-Rahbula chipped his tibia (shin bone) up near his right knee, Thompson added that Further scans and tests have shown Rahles-Rahbula’s knee and ankle cannot heal in time for him to compete in the technical events giant slalom and slalom.
“I’ve seen the doctor and unfortunately I’ve been ruled out for the remainder of the Games,’’ Rahles-Rahbula said. “It’s just the high risk to the knee. With the damage to the knee already, if I do race there’s the potential to make it much worse”