Injured WorldWCR racer Mia Rusthen to attend Jerez WorldSBK
Mia R💦usthen is set to make her return to the racetrack after sustaining head injuries at Misano in 🦄June.

Mia Rusthen is set to make🦂 here re༺turn to the racetrack at the WorldWCR finale at Jerez next weekend.
The inaugural WorldWCR season will end alongside this year’s World Superbike Championsh🌊ip at the C♔ircuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto.
Mia Rusthen was part of the original line-up of riders in the champion♔ship when it debuted back in June, but was injured in a crash in Race 1 at the Misano season opener.
Rusthen was placed in a medically induced coma having suffered a head injury and concus💟sion, and was eventually transported to her home country of Norway where she was kept in an intensive care unit (ICU).
In July, Rusthen was transf⛦erred to Sun🐼naa Hospital to continue her rehabilitation.
The most recent update on Rusthen’s condition, posted to her Facebook page on 6 October, includes the detail ℱthat she has been given medical clearance to head to Spain next week to attend the final round of the WorldWCR series on 18-20 October in Jerez.
“16 weeks ago was my proudest and happiest moment when I stood on the startingဣ line of the first-ever Women’s World Championship in WorldWCR,” the st🥀atement reads.
“16 weeks ago my life was turned upside ♑down in seconds when I crashed and suffered a traumatic brain injury.
“16 weeks ago they shaved off all my hair. 16 weeks ago, my bod🐟y and mind were put completely out of actiꦓon.
“But most importa༺ntly: 16 weeks ago I was given the gift of life ꦡagain.
“Here I am today: I wa⛄lk 𝓡on my own, I think, I remember more and more, I speak, I laugh, I cry, I eat, I play, I fight - I am alive!
“It’s my right side that’s affected by the brain injury, but it’s recovering little by little, and I intend to keep 🍰training and working until it’s as good as it can possibly be again.
“I still don’t fully understand that I raced in the World Championship, and I remember very little of the adventure. But my heart and body remember the happy encounters with people, especially the girls I competed ag♑ainst.
“That’s why I’m extremely happy to announce that I have received permission from the doctors to attend this year’s WorldWCR final a🐼t Circuito de Jerez in Spain to greet all the girls and watch the last two races.
“My closest ones and my team are with me all the way, and I’m so deeply grateful t💫h꧑at I can actually do this.”

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