Snowboarder Adamczyková returns to World Cup after year-long absence

Czech snowboarder and Sochi Olympic champion Eva Adamczyková started her first Snowboard Cross World Cup competition this Friday after a year-long forced absence. Adamczyková broke both of her ankles in December 2021, just two months before the beginning of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

She competed at the FIS Snowboard Cross event in Pitzfal, Austria, last month, but this week’s competition in Les Deux Alpes is her first FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup showing since her injury took place. If she passes Friday’s qualifiers, she will be competing in the main part of the race on Saturday.