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Spain's Alonso Rodriguez returns home with two Olympic SkiMo bronzes four months after car collision
Summary
Spain's Ana Alonso Rodriguez won two bronze medals in Ski Mountaineering at Bormio, including the mixed relay with teammate Oriol Cardona Coll, after being hit by a car in October and tearing her ACL.
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Spain's Ana Alonso Rodriguez is returning home from the Bormio Olympics with two bronze medals in Ski Mountaineering. She won an individual sprint bronze earlier in the week and added a mixed relay bronze with teammate Oriol Cardona Coll. The mixed relay paired one woman and one man from each nation, with each athlete completing two SkiMo laps. In October she was hit by a car while training on her bicycle and tore her ACL, and she chose not to have surgery before the Games.
Key facts:
- Alonso Rodriguez won two Olympic bronze medals in Ski Mountaineering in Bormio.
- She earned an individual sprint bronze and a mixed relay bronze alongside Oriol Cardona Coll.
- The mixed relay format paired one woman and one man from each nation, each doing two SkiMo laps.
- Alonso Rodriguez was hit by a car in October while training and tore her ACL.
- She decided not to have surgery on her knee or shoulder in the lead-up to the Olympics.
Summary:
Alonso Rodriguez's two medals came during Ski Mountaineering's Olympic debut and represent two of the nine Olympic medals the sport has offered to date. Undetermined at this time.
