JAPAN AT THE OLYMPICS: Snowboard: Crash could force Japan's Fujimori out

Vancouver (AFP) - Japanese snowboard cross hopeful Yuka Fujimori may miss her race on Tuesday after injuring her head while training at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. The 23-year-old, who finished seventh at the Torino 2006 Games, crashed after jumping into a strong wind at the Olympic course on Cypress Mountain on Friday, Japanese officials said. Detailed checks at a hospital in Vancouver found no serious injury and she was due to return to the athletes' village later Saturday after being hospitalised overnight under observation. "She said her neck still hurt a bit and she felt some pain in her hip," Japanese snowboard team manager Fumikazu Hagiwara said. "The doctor said if she hits her head again within a week or 10 days it will put her in a worrying situation. So I will let her race only if she is in her best condition."

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