Czech skier Tereza Nova in medically induced coma after brain surgery following downhill crash in Germany
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Czech skier Tereza Nova has undergone brain surgery, before being placed into a medically induced coma following a terrifying crash while training for the World Cup women's downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The Czech ski federation said Nova needed surgery to reduce brain swelling at a hospital in nearby Murnau after she went down in the final training session on the Kandahar course on Friday.
The federation said Nova “will remain in the medically induced coma as long as deemed necessary by the medical team.”
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Nova's fall is one of many crashes that have headlined alpine skiing over the last few weeks.
Austrian Nina Ortlieb fractured her right leg in a high speed crash during the women's downhill at the same place as Nova.
Tereza Nova has been placed in a medically induced coma following a terrifying crash in Germany. Getty
Meantime, French pair Alexis Pinturault and Florian Loriot were injured and had to be airlifted off the slopes on Friday.
In the men's events in Kitzbuehel, Austria, on Friday, French pair Alexis Pinturault and Florian Loriot and Italy's Dominik Paris also had to be airlifted off the slopes after crashes.
Tereza Nova of Team Czech Republic skis during the Women's Alpine Combined Slalom during Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Getty
Last month, Kitzbuehel downhill reigning champion Cyprien Sarrazin suffered internal bleeding on the brain after an horrific accident in Bormio.
Nova, who is just 26-years-old, competed in four races at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, with a 14th place in the combined event her best result.
She has competed in World Cup races since 2019.
