GB snowboarder out of olympics
British snowboarder Katie Ormerod is out of the Winter Olympics in Korea after suffering a severely fractured right heel in training on Thursday.
The 20-year-old medal hopeful suffered a minor wrist fracture in practice on Wednesday but was still intending to compete in Sunday's slopestyle.
But the British Olympic Association (BOA) has confirmed she will undergo surgery on Friday.
The Games in Pyeongchang start on Friday and run to 25 February.
Mike Hay, Team GB chef de mission, said the team were "deeply sorry" and "desperately disappointed" for Ormerod.
Dan Hunt, British Ski and Snowboard's performance director, added: "Her determined and fearless nature will see her come back from this and reach the exciting potential and future that is ahead of her.
"Her team-mates will now be giving their all for her as well as their nation."
She became the first Briton to win a slopestyle World Cup gold in Moscow last year and also took bronze at the 2017 X Games.
She finished third at the Big Air World Cup in Pyeongchang in 2016 - a test event for the Winter Olympics.
The 20-year-old medal hopeful suffered a minor wrist fracture in practice on Wednesday but was still intending to compete in Sunday's slopestyle.
But the British Olympic Association (BOA) has confirmed she will undergo surgery on Friday.
The Games in Pyeongchang start on Friday and run to 25 February.
Mike Hay, Team GB chef de mission, said the team were "deeply sorry" and "desperately disappointed" for Ormerod.
Dan Hunt, British Ski and Snowboard's performance director, added: "Her determined and fearless nature will see her come back from this and reach the exciting potential and future that is ahead of her.
"Her team-mates will now be giving their all for her as well as their nation."
She became the first Briton to win a slopestyle World Cup gold in Moscow last year and also took bronze at the 2017 X Games.
She finished third at the Big Air World Cup in Pyeongchang in 2016 - a test event for the Winter Olympics.
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