Warsaw (pps) The Polish Federation announced that Ewelina Staszulonek suffered a serious injury during the international training week prior to the 41st FIL European Championships on the Olympic luge track in Cesana Pariol. 22-year-old Staszulonek of Poland who had made headlines at the Viessmann Luge World Cup in Cesana Pariol when she achieved a fifth position, suffered a compound fracture to her left leg when she tumbled at the end of curve 18.

Ewelina Staszulonek, who achieved a 15th position at the Olympic Winter Games in Torino, already underwent surgery in Munich. But according to the information given by the Polish Federation, she might face yet another surgery.