By Kirra Livingstone
WHAT was first thought to be a fractured elbow, turned out to be serious bruising to the bone for Mooloolah’s Olympian Haylie Powell.
Haylie competed in the street skateboarding event, but was hampered by a serious fall that occurred just two hours before her first heat.
Her mum, Heidi, said despite her injury, Haylie is glad she can stay in Paris for the closing ceremony on August 12.
“If they found she had re-fractured her elbow from MRI scans, she would have had to go home, but since it’s just a minor injury she can stay,” she said. She added when Haylie comes back to Australia, she will take a break from the sport to reflect on her experience.
“She could take a coaching job when she gets back,” Heidi said.
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