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“Basically, I had a complex tibia fracture. I also fractured my fibular head, my tibial plateau — just kind of everything was in pieces,” she said.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

In 2019, she won a bronze medal at world championships without a lateral collateral ligament and three tibial fractures in her left knee.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

"I feel a lot better right now than I did in 2019 for the World championships and I still got a medal there with no ACL and three tibial plateau fractures."

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

From one side of the room a surgeon talks about his patient: "A 32-year-old, fit and well student... a couple of days ago he fell off an e-bike sustaining a closed left tibial plateau fracture."

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

The tourniquet ought to be applied immediately above the ankle, having compresses placed over the posterior and anterior tibial arteries.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph