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Broken ankle
 Norwegian
Kjetil Andre Aamodt, a three-time Olympic skiing champion, badly
injured his right leg in a training run crash at Solden which could
threaten his career.
The 32-year-old Aamodt was flown by helicopter to the Innsbruck
university clinic with a broken right ankle and was operated on
late Wednesday afternoon. The clinic confirmed that he would not
be able to compete for the rest of the 2003/04 season.
Olympic Gold
Aamodt has won 12 medals overall at world championships - an all-time
men's record - and seven more, including three gold, at the Olympics.
He was preparing for the World Cup season which starts this weekend
when he flew off the icy course.
Austrian slalom ski racer Kilian Albrecht said Aamodt had injured
knee ligaments and his Achilles tendon during slalom training.
Aamodt, who suffered concussion when he fell during a World Cup
downhill at Bormio in Italy last December, is hoping to carry on
to the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.
[Source: AFP]
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