Top qualifier, current World Cup leader and current World Champion, Reece Wilson has pulled out of the finals in Maribor after a crash in training this morning.
Reece won the men's qualifying session by nearly three seconds yesterday afternoon and was one of the favourites for the win this afternoon but will register a DNS in finals after he went over the top of a berm. We don't have any specific details on his injuries at this current time but the team is hoping he will be able to take to the start hut for qualifying tomorrow.
| 2020 you son of a b*tch! From the highest highs to the lowest lows. I had the scariest crash Iāve ever had today, my front wheel hit a soft spot on a berm and the rest was history. Hit my head super hard on a tree, went into shock and had a little lie down. Thankfully Iām all good, nursing a bit of a headache but nothing major. You can only take things day by day when it comes to your head so Iāll see what tomorrow brings. Might even do a couple practice runs tomorrow. Thanks to EVERYONE for the kind messages, makes me feel special. Big thanks to Kade Edwards, Sven Martin and the others who got me sorted up there.—Reece Wilson |
Team Manager, Andrew Shandro told Red Bull TV:
| Reece had a big fall this morning in training. We got him to go back to our condominium, did a warm up and he felt a bit off. We were just like 'no, it's not worth it'. Obviously, we're all gutted for him but he's been riding incredible with this race and a couple more to go.
Health is number one so we just pulled the plug, no racing. We'll see how he's doing tomorrow and if he feels better then we'll see how he is for the weekend but fingers crossed he feels a bit better.
He went off a berm and he pushed through and just fell and hit really hard on the ground. It's a bit of shock really but he fell so hard. We'll see how he's doing tomorrow, fingers crossed.—Andrew Shandro |
We're sending healing vibes Wilson's way and hope he can make it to the start hut in time for qualifying tomorrow.
Can't be too careful where possible concussion is involved.
I hope he is one of the fortunate ones and fully recovers. Head injuries are such a crap shoot.