{"id":52515,"date":"2018-02-09T20:43:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T03:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52515"},"modified":"2018-02-09T20:55:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T03:55:51","slug":"i-pod-out-of-pyeongchang-with-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52515","title":{"rendered":"I-Pod Out of Pyeongchang With Brain Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 450px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be91qmxlgfq\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be91qmxlgfq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#x1f1f0;&#x1f1f7;&#x1f3c2;&#x270c;&#x1f3fb;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iouripodladtchikov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Iouri Podladtchikov<\/a> (@iouripodladtchikov) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-02-09T06:40:41+00:00\">Feb 8, 2018 at 10:40pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><strong>Iouri Podladtchikov<\/strong>, the defending Olympic halfpipe champ has decided that he will not be competing in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang due to a traumatic brain injury he suffered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52418\"><strong>while competing in the 2018 X Games<\/strong><\/a>, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-justice-brand\/as-trump-attacks-u-s-law-enforcement-another-top-official-quits-idUSKBN1FT2XP\"><strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/a> story.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When I received this diagnosis, it was clear to me that I had sustained a serious and dangerous injury and that participating in the Olympic Games would pose a great risk to my health,\u201d the 29-year-old said in a statement released by the Swiss ski federation. . . \u201cAfter all the tests that I have had on the way to the present day in the last two weeks &#8211; including my first practice this Friday &#8211; I can say for sure that starting and participating in the Olympic Games is in no way safe and responsible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The world is going to miss him, but there&#8217;s no doubt that he made the right decision, even if the media are already reporting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/olympics\/news\/shaun-whites-road-to-winter-olympics-halfpipe-gold-just-got-easier-with-i-pod-out\/\"><strong>Shaun White&#8217;s hunt for gold just got easier<\/strong><\/a>. As someone close to I-Pod said, &#8220;We must honor this and all athletes who choose to make good choices for their futures even if it is at the expense of momentary fame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-olympics-2018-sno-hp-m-podladtchikov\/sochi-winner-podladtchikov-out-of-pyeongchang-with-brain-injury-idUSKBN1FT17O\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#x1f1f0;&#x1f1f7;&#x1f3c2;&#x270c;&#x1f3fb; A post shared by Iouri Podladtchikov (@iouripodladtchikov) on Feb 8, 2018 at 10:40pm PST Iouri Podladtchikov, the defending Olympic halfpipe champ has decided that he will not be competing in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang due to a traumatic brain injury he suffered while competing in the 2018 X Games, according to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52515"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52520,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52515\/revisions\/52520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}