AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - British Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott hospitalized with collapsed lung after vacation diving mishap
Four-time Olympic alpine skier Chemmy Alcott landed in a French hospital with a collapsed lung and a chest drain after a mistimed front flip off a five-meter diving platform turned a holiday into an emergency. Alcott, 44, was vacationing in Annecy, France, when she attempted the flip and hit the water hard, landing feet-first. The […] The post British Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott hospitalized with collapsed lung after vacation diving mishap appeared first on American Almanac .
Four-time Olympic alpine skier Chemmy Alcott landed in a French hospital with a collapsed lung and a chest drain after a mistimed front flip off a five-meter diving platform turned a holiday into an emergency. Alcott, 44, was vacationing in Annecy, France, when she attempted the flip and hit the water hard, landing feet-first. The former Team GB skier, who competed in four Winter Olympics and served as a BBC commentator during the 2026 Games, shared video of the incident and her hospital stay on Instagram, along with a characteristically dry account of what went wrong. The impact collapsed one of her lungs. Doctors inserted a chest drain, a tube used to remove trapped air and fluid from the chest cavity, and Alcott spent multiple nights…Open