Swedish skier Holmlund in coma after training crash

ByReuters

Published 19/12/2016 at 23:07 GMT

Olympic cross-country skiing bronze medallist Anna Holmlund of Sweden was put in a medically-induced coma after sustaining a head injury in a training accident in Italy, Scandinavian media reported on Monday.

Second placed Andrea Zemanova (L) of the Czech Republic, first placed Anna Holmlund of Sweden and third placed Andrea Limbacher of Austria pose after the ladies' Ski Cross final at the Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Are (Reuters)

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According to the Expressen newspaper, the 29-year-old crashed while training in Bolzano ahead of Tuesday's FIS World Cup competition in Innichen in northern Italy.

"It has been established she has some small bleeding on the brain and she was operated on," Swedish cross-country sporting director Joar Baatelson was quoted as saying.

Holmlund, who is second in the World Cup rankings, finished third at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

Cross-Country Skiing