KATIE ARCHIBALD has been ruled out of Paris 2024 after being rushed to hospital.
The Team GB Olympic champion hurt herself while in the garden at home.
Archibald, 30, managed to dislocate her ankle as well as break her tibia and fibula.
The cyclist also ripped two ligaments off the bone, which all led to a trip to the hospital.
Two-time Olympic champion Katie Archibald will miss Paris 2024 after suffering a double leg break in a freak accident.
The 30-year-old Scottish cyclist fractured a tibia and fibula and dislocated an ankle having 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. What the heck,” she posted on Instagram alongside a picture of her in a hospital bed.
Two-time Olympic champion Katie Archibald will miss Paris 2024 after suffering a double leg break in a freak accident.
The 30-year-old Scottish cyclist fractured a tibia and fibula and dislocated an ankle having tripped over a garden step.
Team GB cyclist Katie Archibald has confirmed that she will miss this summer’s Olympic Games after breaking her leg in a freak garden accident.
Archibald took gold in both the 2016 and 2020 games, but will miss next month’s games after breaking two bones in her leg and tearing ligaments off the bone after tripping over a step in her garden.
She was preparing to compete in the team pursuit, madison and omnium for Great Britain, with the cycling squad scheduled to be announced on Monday. But Archibald has been informed that she will not be part of the team.
two-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Archer bald has been ruled out of the 2020 for Paris games after suffering serious injuries in a freak accident that required hospitalization the 28-year-old Scottish cyclist a reigning Olympic champion and multiple world or european title holder sustained potentially career threatening injuries in the incident Archer bald has shown incredible resilience overcoming past tragedies but this latest setback casts out on her ability to fully recover in time for next year’s Olympics as more details emerge the cycling World hopes the inspirational athlete can once again defy the odds on her road to recovery