Snowboard star Katie Ormerod has been ruled out of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang with a fractured heel.
The 20-year-old was expected to compete for medals on the slopes and was a big part of GB's squad.
She's set to undergo "emergency surgery" on Friday.
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| Katie Ormerod is a rising star in British winter sports. (Getty) |
Dan Hunt, British Ski and Snowboard's performance director said: "Her determined and fearless nature will see her come back from this and reach the exciting potential and future that is ahead of her.
"Her team-mates will now be giving their all for her as well as the nation."
Ormerod became the first Brit to win a slopestyle World Cup gold last year and got herself a bronze at the X Games in 2017.
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