Music: {allcanada} BROKEN LEG SIDELINES CANADA'S MCBROOM FOR REST OF SEASON

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

{allcanada} BROKEN LEG SIDELINES CANADA'S MCBROOM FOR REST OF SEASON

SAALBACH, Austria -- Canada's Kelly McBroom is sidelined for the season after crashing in a World Cup super-G training run Monday.

The skier from Canmore, Alta., broke her left tibia -- shin bone -- and was airlifted to a local hospital where she underwent emergency surgery hours after the crash. The 21-year-old will have more treatment this week before returning home to continue her rehabilitation.

"I hear that she's already talking about coming back -- about skiing again," Canadian women's head coach Hugues Ansermov said in a release. "She's never had an injury-free season and that was her big goal this year. She wasn't able to achieve that but she really loves the sport."

McBroom recovered from a serious knee injury to make a comeback last month at Lake Louise, Alta.

She was in Austria ahead of this weekend's races in Zauchensee.