GB’s Fitzpatrick suffers injury before Winter Games

Just three months before the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, Menna Fitzpatrick, Britain’s most decorated Winter Paralympian, injured her severely during training.

The para-alpine skier, who won six Paralympic medals in 2018, including a slalom gold medal in 2018, was injured earlier in December during training.

According to BBC Sport, the 27-year-old has chosen to avoid surgery and is instead working on recovering from the injury to maintain her Paralympics form.

Fitzpatrick, who is said to be in “good spirits,” will not be snowed in for the rest of January.

Further medical assessments will provide more clarity, according to GB Snowsport in a statement.

Fitzpatrick and her guide, Katie Guest, did not make the first group of athletes chosen for the Winter Games, which are set for March 6 through March 15 last week.

We anticipate that I will be fit and ready to compete in the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics, according to Fitzpatrick.