Team GB bobsleigh athlete Craig Pickering has sustained a L3-4 acute disc prolapse and will be unable to compete in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
Pickering sustained the injury to his back on the 2nd February 2014 whilst training at GB Bobsleigh’s Olympic Preparation Camp in Konigsee, Germany
Pickering returned to the UK on the 4th February 2014 and was assessed by staff at the English Institute of Sport/BOA Intensive Rehabilitation Unit at Bisham Abbey.
The medical team at Bisham Abbey determined that the nature and severity of the injury would not allow him to compete at a necessary level of fitness and he has been withdrawn from the Games on medical grounds.
Craig Pickering said:
Gary Anderson Team Leader British Bobsleigh said: