Russia's glamorous Olympic skier Maria paralysed after fall
Russia's glamorous Olympic skier Maria paralysed after fall
New Delhi: Olympic freestyle skier and Russian pin-up girl Maria Komissarova has no feeling from the waist down after breaking and dislocating her spine during training in Sochi.The skicross racer was taken to a hospital
PTIPublished : Feb 27, 2014 14:45 IST, Updated : Feb 28, 2014 7:17 IST
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Komissarova, 23, was practicing on the 1,200-meter course, which has nine banked turns and 25 jumps. Normally during practice runs, skiers are on the course themselves, or traveling down the mountain in loosely packed bunches.