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Melissa Woods

Injured Aussie under cloud ahead of Olympics opening

After suffering an injury blow just days from the start of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Australia's aerials medal hope Laura Peel doesn't have far to look for inspiration.

Peel can simply turn to Australia's team chef de mission Alisa Camplin, who made an incredible return from two broken ankles to win gold in the 2002 Games.

Two-time world champion Peel suffered a knee injury at training, although the extent of the damage hasn't been made public by the Australian Olympic team, which issued a brief statement on Tuesday (local time).

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