Exhausted “mentally and physically”, Olivia Asselin admits having “exploded” just after her first descent of the acrobatic descent final (slope style) at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday. It was when she felt like she was no longer skiing for herself that she decided to skip the Olympic freestyle skiing event.
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The 17-year-old athlete, who did not meet the media after the slope style, shared his feelings on the social network Instagram on Wednesday. “To anyone wondering about the final of slope styleI was unfortunately not there that day, mentally and physically, and I preferred to give up instead of forcing myself to do something with which I did not feel comfortable, writes the native of Lévis.