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Steph Twell fractures bone in fall during cross-country race 2011

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Steph Twell fractures bone in fall during cross-country race 2011

But in the past eight days five of his athletes have been struck down, starting with Jessica Ennis – who was forced to withdraw from the grand prix in Birmingham on Saturday because of an inflamed ankle – followed by a triple fracture of the left ankle for Steph Twell at a cross-country race in Belgium last Sunday.

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Factor in Stephanie Twell's triple fracture of the ankle sustained at a cross country race in Belgium last Sunday, which rules her out of competing at the world championships this summer, and the picture is a little gloomy.

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Twell was taken from the course in tears to a local hospital and the injury is now in plaster.

Steph Twell fractures bone in fall during cross-country race 2011

Twell, the three-time European junior cross-country champion, was reportedly heading for an easy victory before slipping on a muddy descent on the final lap, allowing her compatriot Gemma Steel to win the race.

Steph Twell fractures bone in fall during cross-country race 2011

Aldershot-based Twell had been using the race as preparation for the World Cross Country Championships, which begin on 20 March in Punta Umbra, Spain.

Steph Twell fractures bone in fall during cross-country race 2011

'Twell de pickaninnies' fingahs gits to shakin 'o'er de embahs,

The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley

'Twell he cain't set still no longah w'en de fiddles sing,

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

'Twell I don' see how de chillun evah keeps f'om hollahin 'out.

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889