Katie Archibald won gold medals at the last two Summer Olympics, but a freak accident means she won’t get a shot this year at making it three in a row.
LONDON, UK — British two-time Olympic champion track cyclist Katie Archibald will miss the Paris Games after breaking two leg bones in a freak accident.
The 30-year-old Archibald fractured her tibia and fibula and dislocated an ankle when she tripped over a garden step.
She also sustained substantial ligament damage during the incident on Tuesday and has since undergone surgery.
“I tripped over a step in the garden and managed to, somehow, dislocate my ankle; break my tibia and fibula; and rip two ligaments off the bone,” Archibald posted on Instagram on Thursday alongside a photo of her in a hospital bed.
“Had surgery yesterday to pin the bones back together and reattach the ligaments. Then hopefully this afternoon I’ll be going home.”
Archibald won gold with Britain in team pursuit in …
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