Eileen Gu, the American skier who opted to join Team China in the 2022 Winter Olympics, was injured in what is being described as a “very terrible accident” while training in New Zealand.
According to the South China Morning Post, the accident occurred on Friday.
Gu, 21, had only just returned to training after another injury sustained at the Winter X Games in January. The California-native was flown to a hospital in Christchurch to undergo medical imaging.
No details of the type or severity of the injury were released.
The South China Morning Post reports that witnesses said Gu was seriously injured and removed from the scene on a stretcher.
“Unfortunately, a very terrible accident occurred yesterday due to human error,” Gu wrote on the
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