Jones and bobsled pilot Kaillie Humphries, who returned to Germany on Friday after becoming a U.S. Lauren was comforting Aja, I was on the phone calling people for help, Lake was the glue going back and forth between all of us.” “We all had our different strengths in that moment. “I don’t know if it was instinct or just came to us automatically,” Jones said. Florian crashed in the men’s World Cup race at Altenberg, and he needed about a half-dozen stitches over his eye.Įvans needed about 30 stitches for an array of cuts, Kohn said. team on Friday was that skeleton athlete Austin Florian had gotten hurt, around the same time of Evans’ mishap. Incredibly inspirational.”įurther complicating matters for the U.S. I never thought I would see those four girls, all hugging, in tears, to support a teammate. “This is the American spirit, beyond what most people are doing in this world. “I’m just really impressed with this team and so proud to be its coach today,” Kohn said. They were the ones who sprang into action, making phone calls to alert coaches, rushing to Evans’ side to provide comfort, even administering the initial rounds of first aid before more help could arrive. push athletes - Lolo Jones, Lauren Gibbs and Lake Kwaza among them, Kohn said - when she got hurt at the track near Altenberg, Germany. coach Mike Kohn, that is a secondary part of the story.Įvans was with a handful of U.S. bobsled push athlete and Olympic hopeful Aja Evans was hospitalized in Germany on Friday after she suffered facial lacerations during a training accident.Įvans is expected to be released Saturday, though it is unclear when she will be able to return to racing.īut to U.S.
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