Jo Shimoda didn’t have much luck at St.Louis when Luke Clout jumped into the side of him as Shimoda tried to avoid a crashing Gavin Towers in the first rhythm section of his heat race resulting in a red flag and the Japanese rider being taken to the medical centre.
Jo goes down off the start of the 250E heat, and is favoring his leg.
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The good news is there doesn’t seem to be any break but an MRI this week will see what the level of damage really is.
Shimoda said: “Not much to say about my weekend—I wasn’t able to finish a lap in the heat race. I was trying to avoid a rider crashing in front of me and ended up getting landed on. Alpinestars medical told me that there were no broken bones, but possible ligament damage. We’ll know more when I get an MRI.”
While Lars Lindstrom commented: ““A bittersweet night, which is common in racing when you have two riders that are championship contenders. Jo never got a chance to show what he had, and we’re doing everything we can to help him get back to being on the bike. Initially, it looked really serious, but now I’m more hopeful that it’s only a minor setback. Hopefully, we’ll know more after an MRI, but weight on the foot seems to be okay.“
