Brighouse star Katie Ormerod ruled out of Snowboard World Championships with back injury

Snowboard star Katie Ormerod has been ruled out of the freestyle World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, after sustaining a back injury in training.

By The Newsroom

Published 10th Mar 2017, 10:31 BST

Updated 24th Mar 2017, 10:47 BST

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".

She 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!!"

Ormerod revealed the extend of her injury on social media

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.

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