Injured WorldWCR racer Mia Rusthen to attend Jerez WorldSBK

Mia꧒ Rusthen is set to make her re♊turn to the racetrack after sustaining head injuries at Misano in June.

Mia Rusthen
Mia Rusthen

Mia Rusthen is set to make here return to the racetrack at the WorldWCR finale at Jerez n♛ext weekend.

The🍃 inaugural WorldWCR season will end alongside this🦄 year’s World Superbike Championship at the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto.

Mia Rusthen was part of the original line-up of riders in the championship w🅘hen it debuted back in June, but was♚ injured in a crash in Race 1 at the Misano season opener.

Rusthen was placed in a medic💛ally induced coma having suffered a head injury and concussion, and was eventually transported to her home country of Norway where she was kept in an intensive care unit (ICU).

In July, Rusthen was transferred to 𓆉Sunnaa Hospital to contin♏ue her rehabilitation.

The most r💯ecent update on Rusthen’s condition, posted to her Facebook page on 6 October, includes 𒁃the detail that 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 happiesꦫt moment when I stood on the starting line of the first-ever Women’s World Championship in WorldWCR,” the statement reads.

“16 weeks ago my life was turneಞd upside down in seconds whenꦗ I crashed and suffered a traumatic brain injury.

“16 weeks ago they shaved off all my hair. 16 weeks ago, my body and mind were put completely out of action🌳.

“But most importantly: 16 weeks ago I wജas given the gif🔥t of life again.

“Here I am today: I walꦕk on my own, I think, I remember more and more, I speak, I laugh, I cry, I eat, I ꦕplay, 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 possibly𒆙 be again.

“I still don’t fully understand that I raced in the World Championship, and I remember very little of th🍸e a🍸dventure. But my heart and body remember the happy encounters with people, especially the girls I competed against.

“That’s why I’m extremely happy to announce that I have received permission from the doctors to attend this year’s WorldWCR final at Circuito de Jerez in Spain to ♏greet all the girls and watch the last two races.

“My clo🅘sest ones a🅰nd my team are with me all the way, and I’m so deeply grateful that I can actually do this.”

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