FILE PHOTO: Feb 5, 2018; PyeongChang, KOR; Tommy Biesemeyer, of the USA men's alpine speed team, listens to a question from the media during a press conference in the Gangwon Room of the Main Press Center in PyeongChang, South Korea. Eric Seals-USA TODAY Sports
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - American Tommy Biesemeyer has been ruled out of the Olympic downhill after suffering an ankle injury during training, the U.S Ski and Snowboard Federation said in a statement on Wednesday.
Biesemeyer, ranked 40th in the world, was taken by team medical staff to a local clinic where he was treated and released but he will not be able to ski in Thursday's rescheduled downhill.
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