Austrian pole vaulter fractures spine in training accident - Kira Gruenberg
epa04867263 (FILE) A file photograph showing Austrian pole vaulter Kira Gruenberg in action during the Gugl Indoor Athletics event, in Linz, Austria, 06 February 2015. Austria's top female pole vaulter Kira Gruenberg has fractured her spine in a training accident and is expected to be paralysed. She was rushed to hospital in Innsbruck on 30 July 2015 after a fall during a jump. 'A fracture of the cervical vertebrae of the spine was found,' the Austrian Athletics Federation and the hospital said in a statement on 31 July 2015y. EPA/REINHARD EISENBAUER