Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eva Samkova, of the Czech Republic, clears a jump in the women's Snowboard Cross final at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World ...

CHIESA IN VALMALENCO, ITALY - JANUARY 24: Eva Samkova of Czech Republic takes 1st place during the FIS Snowboard World Cup Women’s Snowboard Team on January 24, 2021 in Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy.

Eva Samkova, the 2014 Olympic snowboard cross champion, pulled out of next month's Winter Games in Beijing on Thursday, after failing to recover from a fall in December in which she broke both ankles.

Czech Eva Samková, the 2014 Olympic snowboard cross champion, will miss the Beijing Games due to an ankle injury that has kept her out of competition since early December. Samková, last season’s World ...