Russian freestyler Maria Komissarova breaks her back

Sports February 15, 2014, 15:46

The athlete was to perform in ski cross at the Olympics

SOCHI, February 15. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian freestyler Maria Komissarova has a displaced vertebra fracture after a training and would not be able to perform at the Sochi Olympics, a source close to the matter told Itar-Tass.

Earlier, chief physician of the Freestyle Federation of Russia Mirzali Samedov said that the athlete was rushed from the stadium to a hospital. It was decided to carry out an immediate surgery.

Komissarova was to take part in ski cross competitions, which are scheduled for February 20-21.

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