Czech skier Tereza Nova, competing for her country in four Olympic races in 2022, was placed in a medically induced coma after she needed brain surgery on Saturday following a downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Nova was in her final training session on Friday when she crashed at the Kandahar track.
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The Czech skier said Nova required surgery to reduce swelling in the brain and she “will remain in the medically induced coma as long as deemed necessary by the medical team.”
Tereza Nova (CZE) competes in the women’s alpine downhill combined during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center. (Andrew P. Scott-USA Today Sports)
“We are all thinking of Tereza and wish her a speedy recovery and lots of strength,” the Ski Federation said on Saturday.
Nova, 26, competed in four races during the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Her best finish was 14th during the Women’s Alpine Combined Event. She also competed in mixed team parallel, where she also finished 14th, women’s downhill (28th) and women’s super-G (33rd).
Nova has also competed in the World Championships since 2019, making her debut in November, although she did not qualify for the second round of the Slalom event in Levi.
Tereza Nova (CZE) competes in the alpine skiing women’s alpine combined event during the BEIJING 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center. (Harrison Hill-USA Today Sports)
Nova’s international debut came in December 2014 and she would compete in the World Junior Championships in Val Di Fassa five years later.
