LONDON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Team GB has lost one of its best medal hopes for the Paris Olympic Games with the news that double gold medal winning track cyclist Katie Archibald suffered multiple injuries in a domestic accident.
The 30-year-old, who won gold medals in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2021, broke her fibula and tibia, while also dislocating her ankle and tearing two ligaments in her foot after falling over a step in her garden.
The rider posted a photo on social media after undergoing an operation to "pin the bones back together and re-attach the ligaments."
"A hundred apologies for what this means for the Olympic Team, which I'm told won't involve me," explained the cyclist, who also gave "a hundred thank yous for the fabulous doctors, nurses, radiographers, porters, surgeons and more at Manchester Royal Infirmary."
British Cycling also published a post in which it "shared" her "heartbreak" for the "cruel manner in which she has been denied the chance to ride for the medals she so coveted in Paris." ■
