"Every doctor in London gave relocating my shoulder a go" - British track star 'mortified' after home stumble causes injury

There aren't many bigger names in the world of track cycling than Team GB's two time Olympic gold medallist and six time world champion, Katie Archibald. Sadly though, having already been forced to miss the Paris 2024 Olympic Games though injury, the Brit has now suffered another setback.

Via her official Instagram account, the 30-year-old revealed the story of her latest nightmare injury. "Drugged up to my eyeballs while every doctor in London gave relocating my shoulder a go," she begins. " I really really (really) hate including that in this post. But the update is that while down here for London 3 Day, I had a mishap with my bike when coming off the track and a small stumble. That small stumble has resulted, SOMEHOW, in a shoulder dislocation. I don't know how I do this I really don't."

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Sadly, that brought a swift end to Archibald time competing in London. "Unfortunately, because of the struggle getting it back in, I'm not able to continue racing this weekend," the Brit explained. "I want to hide from the world and pretend I've not done something like this again. I'm mortified. But it's only going to be a small blip. Currently looks like I'll be able to continue with my racing schedule as planned."

As mentioned, this isn't the first time a calamitous injury has befallen the Brit this year. Archibald was also forced to miss out on defending her Madison title at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games due to an injury sustained in equally curious circumstances.

"I tripped over a step in the garden and managed to, somehow, dislocate my ankle; break my tibia and fibula; and rip two ligaments off the bone. What the heck," she wrote at the time on her Instagram account. "I had surgery yesterday to pin the bones back together and reattach the ligaments. Then hopefully this afternoon I'll be going home (wearing a more high tech boot than the one in my hot dogs pic). A hundred thank yous for the fabulous doctors, nurses, radiographers, porters, physios, surgeons and more at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. A hundred apologies for what this means for the Olympic team, which I've been told won't involve me."

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