US EditionOlympic Medalist Ledeux Missing Milan Cortina Due to Concussion Effects Since March
Tess Ledeux, 24, will miss the entire season to recover from concussion symptoms including fatigue and dizziness, prioritizing health after consulting multiple specialists.
- On Thursday, Tess Ledeux, French freestyle skier and Olympic big air medalist, withdrew from the Milan Cortina Winter Games next month due to incomplete concussion recovery, saying she has drawn a line under her season with medical staff support.
- Ledeux, an Olympic big air medalist who finished behind Eileen Gu years ago, has not competed since a World Cup crash years ago.
- Initially Ledeux expected a short recovery, but symptoms including fatigue, headaches and dizziness persisted despite rest and treatments after consulting multiple specialists.
- Ledeux will miss the entire season to focus on recovery, saying `One thing is certain: I will get through this,` and aiming for the Olympics in France.
- Emotionally, Ledeux called the withdrawal one of her hardest decisions, saying `Probably the hardest decision of my life` and hope helped her `keep moving forward` with medical staff support.
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French freestyle skier Tess Ledeux, who won a silver medal in Big Air at the Beijing Olympics four years ago, will not compete at this year's Cortina Olympics in Milan.
"The delays are a little too short, the risks too high," explained the French woman who has been suffering from a concussion since March 2025.
A victim of a concussion in March 2025, the French woman has still not resumed her sport. She announced on Thursday that she will not be able to compete in the Winter Games, which begin on February 6.
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No miracle for Tess Ledeux and a big blow for the Blues. Ten months after her severe fall and head trauma in Tignes, the silver medalist in Big Air at the Beijing Olympics is still not able to return to competition. The freestyler even announced this Thursday that she was drawing a line under the entire upcoming season and will therefore not participate in the big Olympic meeting in Milan next month… “It’s a bit of a hard subject for me but I’m…
His absence from the French selection for the North American World Cup stage in January was a cause for concern. And the verdict unfortunately fell on Thursday: Tess Ledeux will not be able to compete in the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games, which start in less than a month. The reigning Olympic champion of Big Air announced her package in L的Equipe, she who has been suffering since March from a concussion following a heavy fall in Tignes. "The delays…
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