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Injured Russian Olympic skier can't feel her legs after Sochi crash

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MUNICH -- Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova of Russia remains confident of walking again despite having no feeling in her legs.

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 Komissarova writes on Instagram, "I don't feel my body below my navel. But I am strong and I know that I'll be able to stand on my legs again some day."

The 23-year-old Komissarova remains in a Munich rehabilitation center after breaking her spine at the Sochi Winter Games. She will remain there for at least three months, a spokesman for the Russian freestyle ski federation told the Interfax news agency.

Komissarova crashed during a training run on Feb. 15, fracturing the 12th dorsal vertebrae in her lower-middle back. She underwent emergency surgery lasting 6 ½ hours at Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, a day before being airlifted to Germany for further treatment.


First published on February 26, 2014 / 12:54 PM EST

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