Brighouse star Katie Ormerod ruled out of Snowboard World Championships with back injury
British Ski and Snowboard confirmed the Brighouse teenager has "a small, stable fracture in one of her vertebrae" which will rule her out of action for at least six weeks.
The 19-year-old posted a photo of an X-ray showing on social media last night with the message "Thanks Spain for the broken back #yolo".
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Hide AdShe added: "Pretty gutted I broke my back yesterday...Luckily it's nothing too serious so I'll be back in less than 6 weeks for the end of season!!"
Big Interview: Katie Ormerod taking leap towards PyeongchangOrmerod had been fancied to return from Spain with a medal having reached three World Cup podium this season, including gold in the Big Air event in Moscow in January.
The injury is a set-back to her preparations ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.