Bad finger injury for olympian Jessica Pilz

Jessica Pilz, who did not participate in Speed or Bouldering during the second weekend in Salt Lake City. The reason for this, as reported on her Insta, was that she fully ruptured her A4 pulley on her left ring finger during the finals last weekend.

"During the 2nd boulder I heard a quite crunch from my left ring finger, I stopped for a moment but pain didn’t kick in, so I finished the boulder and went back... I couldn’t hold a crimp anymore but still continued because Boulder 3 consisted only of slopers."

Under normal circumstances, this could require surgery and then it would take at least six months to be back on track. As the Olympics is coming up in two months, it just might be that she will tape her fingers and as much as possible avoid crimping with her left hand in Tokyo. In SLC, Jessica was ranked #4 on Boulder three getting the zone in her second attempt. With some luck, meaning no mandatory crimps with her left hand in Tokyo, she can still get a decent result.