Fumie withdraws from Japan Challenge

**nymkfan51** · 09-28-2005, 01:47 PM

Apparently she has a groin injury.

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050928/kyodo/d8ct480g1.html

**Mathman** · 09-28-2005, 02:29 PM

Two weeks to recover.

I guess she's out of Campbell's as well.

All these injuries. This is definitely a young person's sport. By the time you hit your mid-twenties, it seems like it is one thing after another.

Mathman

**Joesitz** · 09-28-2005, 02:33 PM

She's over practicing on salchows. JMO.

Joe

**mzheng** · 09-28-2005, 03:17 PM

This is going to be a stressful season for every skater.....not to try to be 'smart' but I think the 'Injury' will hit when the GP gets going....

**iluvtodd** · 09-28-2005, 08:22 PM

I am so sorry to learn of this news.

I hope Fumie will have enough time to recover so that she will have a strong chance to make the Japanese Olympic team.

**R.D.** · 09-28-2005, 08:25 PM

Not good. It makes me wonder how many similar announcements we'll get this season. This is when the training kicks into high gear and the skaters prepare for the Olys.

**Doggygirl** · 09-28-2005, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by iluvtodd

I am so sorry to learn of this news.

I hope Fumie will have enough time to recover so that she will have a strong chance to make the Japanese Olympic team.

I share your sentiments. Fumie is one of my faves, and I sure hope to be watching her performances come Oly's!!

Fingers crossed for Fumie and a speedy (oops - cross that out) FAST recovery.

DG

**hongligl** · 09-28-2005, 08:52 PM

That's too bad. I hope she can have a speedy recovery. Fumie is a lovely skater and she shone last season in presentation, much better than before IMO and much prettier. I hope she can get her loop back (do I remember it right?) I, too, would like to see her in the olympics.

**Piel** · 09-28-2005, 09:23 PM

As desperate as we are to see some skating I would rather do without the GP series and have more skaters healthy for the Olympics.

**Jaana** · 09-29-2005, 03:15 AM

Apparently this injury is not a serious one fortunately, I understood from the article. I´m wishing a speedy recovery to Fumie!

Well, injuries are connected with every athletic sport, I believe. And athletes are there to compete in events, in many events during a season. Not just to participate in shows, cheesefests, their own Nationals and Worlds/Olympics.

**anniemg** · 09-29-2005, 09:17 AM

A groin injury is not always that serious, sometimes it's nothing really, but you must let it heal cause it can get worse.

Get well soon Fumie!!!

**Eeyora** · 09-29-2005, 10:48 AM

I hope she recovers quickly I am rooting for her this season.

**urmaniac13** · 09-30-2005, 01:50 PM

I also wish the best for Fumie. She is one of the very few female skaters right now who has got a pure artistry and genuine feel for the music, a real joy to watch. It would be a pity if she misses out on the Olympics...