The Austrian rider broke her legs after crashing down hard in the snowboard cross race held yesterday at Blue Mountain, Ontario.
The Vorarlberg resident not only fractured her left fibula but also broke her right navicular bone when she fell hard on the ground after battling for position with French rider Deborah Anthonioz in her eight final.
The accident took place right after the pack of six came out of turn one and went for a double roller.
“Although I was already far right to the course, she (Anthonioz) came close to my line and closed the door. There was no space for me to go more right as there was a gate right in the way. And on the left side, there was Anthonioz,” Moll said in a press release sent out by the Austrian Federation.
“When I took of at the knuckle, I hit the gate a bit, lost control in the air and landed on the frontside edge. I immediately felt pain and knew that my legs were hurt.”
A X-ray image taken in the hospital nearby showed that the 24-years-old unfortunately was right and that her season had come to an early end.
“It's hard when the doctor tells you that you broke your legs. Luckily, the fractures are not that complicated so I don't have to undergo surgery. I will fly home and will visit my local doctors once again,” added Moll who had to cope with several other injuries already in the most recent past.
In 2009, she suffered a head injury and broke her rips in Chapelco, Argentina. Last year, she broke her right navicular bone at the X-Games.
