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Sara Alonso Withdraws From Summer Races After Cow Charge Fractures Rib

Recovering at home in Sant Esteve de Palautordera, she is under medical evaluation ahead of her planned return for end-of-season trail championships

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Overview

  • A charging cow during a July 13 training run in the Catalan mountains fractured her sixth rib.
  • She has withdrawn from her summer calendar, missing FontRomeu, Sierre Zinal and the UTMB Mont Blanc.
  • Alonso returned home on July 14 and remains under ongoing medical evaluation for her injury.
  • In an Instagram post she called the encounter her worst nightmare and said she feared being gored to death.
  • She aims for a swift rehabilitation to contest the Golden Trail World Series final and the Trail Running World Championship.