LOS ANGELES (AFP) — If they gave out marks for courage at the World Figure Skating Championships, French champion Candice Didier would probably take home the gold medal.
The 21-year-old from Strasbourg dusted herself off after a hard tumble into the end boards to complete her performance and post a respectable 71.92 free skate score on Friday at Staples Center arena.
"She gets painkillers now," French teamleader Eric Millot said. "She was almost fainting in the kiss and cry area because of the stress of the shock.
"But she said to us, 'Give me some water and sugar.' She wanted to finish her programme by all means."
Didier fell while attempting a triple toe-loop jump, landing hard on her right hip before slamming shoulder-first into the end boards.
She lay in a heap on the ice for several seconds before Staples Center security officials came on the ice to assist her.
Didier was taken off the ice to the kiss and cry area to meet with her coaches before she reappeared to a huge ovation. She completed her long programme and then clutched her stomach in pain before exiting the ice and going straight to the on-site medical clinic.
Doctors said she suffered a badly bruised hip but no major injuries.
Source: French figure skating champ tumbles
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