BERLIN - NOVEMBER 08: Marianne Timmer of Netherlands competes in the women 500 m - Division A race during the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating on November 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 08: Marianne Timmer of Netherlands competes in the women 500 m - Division A race during the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating on November 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

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  1. Dutch triple Olympic champion speed skater Marianne Timmer collides with China's Jing Yu at a World Cup event in Heerenveen November 13, 2009. Timmer sustained multiple fractures to a bone in her left heel after injuring herself in the fall last Friday and has been ruled out of the Vancouver Games. Picture taken November 13, 2009.
  2. Dutch triple Olympic champion speed skater Marianne Timmer is assisted after falling during a World Cup event in Heerenveen November 13, 2009. Timmer sustained multiple fractures to a bone in her left heel after injuring herself in the fall last Friday and has been ruled out of the Vancouver Games. Picture taken November 13, 2009.
  3. Dutch triple Olympic champion speed skater Marianne Timmer lies on the ice after falling during a World Cup event in Heerenveen November 13, 2009. Timmer sustained multiple fractures to a bone in her left heel after injuring herself in the fall last Friday and has been ruled out of the Vancouver Games. Picture taken November 13, 2009.
  4. Dutch triple Olympic champion speed skater Marianne Timmer lies on the ice after falling during a World Cup event in Heerenveen November 13, 2009. Timmer sustained multiple fractures to a bone in her left heel after injuring herself in the fall last Friday and has been ruled out of the Vancouver Games. Picture taken November 13, 2009.
  5. Dutch triple Olympic champion speed skater Marianne Timmer is assisted after falling during a World Cup event in Heerenveen November 13, 2009. Timmer sustained multiple fractures to a bone in her left heel after injuring herself in the fall last Friday and has been ruled out of the Vancouver Games. Picture taken November 13, 2009.
  6. Dutch triple Olympic champion speed skater Marianne Timmer is assisted after falling during a World Cup event in Heerenveen November 13, 2009. Timmer sustained multiple fractures to a bone in her left heel after injuring herself in the fall last Friday and has been ruled out of the Vancouver Games. Picture taken November 13, 2009.
  7. Dutch triple Olympic champion speed skater Marianne Timmer is assisted after falling during a World Cup event in Heerenveen November 13, 2009. Timmer sustained multiple fractures to a bone in her left heel after injuring herself in the fall last Friday and has been ruled out of the Vancouver Games. Picture taken November 13, 2009.
  8. Dutch coach Jac Orie talks to journalist about the injury of Marianne Timmer during the speedskating World Cup at Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands, Sunday Nov. 15, 2009. Two time Olympic speedskating 1,000-meter champion Timmer's season is over after tests showed she suffered breaks in her heel bone in a fall Friday, her coach said Sunday. Orie said an MRI Sunday morning showed the breaks, which require 12 weeks to recover. "This season is over," a visibly upset Orie said.
  9. Dutch coach Jac Orie talks to journalist about the injury of Marianne Timmer during the speed skating World Cup at Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands, Sunday Nov. 15, 2009. Two time Olympic speed skating 1,000-meter champion Timmer's season is over after tests showed she suffered breaks in her heel bone in a fall Friday, her coach said Sunday. Orie said an MRI Sunday morning showed the breaks, which require 12 weeks to recover. "This season is over," a visibly upset Orie said.
  10. FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2009 file photo, two time Olympic speedskating 1,000-meter champion Marianne Timmer is helped by a member of the Dutch speedskating team after she crashed during the 500 meters women's race of the Speedskating World Cup at Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands. Two time Olympic speedskating 1,000-meter champion Marianne Timmer's season is over after tests showed she suffered breaks in her heel bone in a fall Friday, Timmer's coach Jac Orie said Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  11. FILE - In this Friday Nov. 13, 2009 file photo two time Olympic speedskating 1,000-meter champion Marianne Timmer is helped by a member of the Dutch speedskating team after she crashed during the 500 meters race women of the speedskating World Cup at Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands. Timmer's season is over after tests showed she suffered breaks in her heel bone in a fall Friday, her coach said Sunday Nov. 15, 2009. Jac Orie said an MRI Sunday morning showed the breaks, which require 12 weeks to recover. "This season is over," a visibly upset Orie said.
  12. HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS - NOVEMBER 13: Olympic champion Marianne Timmer (R) is helped by a team member after crashing with Jing Yu of China in the 500m race during the Essent ISU speed skating World Cup at the Thialf Stadium on November 13, 2009 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
  13. Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands is carried on the stretcher during the women's 500 metres race at the World Cup Speed Skating competition in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, November 13, 2009.
  14. Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands is injured on the stretcher during the women's 500 metres race at the World Cup Speed Skating competition in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, November 13, 2009.
  15. Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands is injured on the ice during the women's 500 metres race at the World Cup Speed Skating competition in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, November 13, 2009.
  16. HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS - NOVEMBER 13: Olympic champion Marianne Timmer of Netherlands lies on a strectcher after crashing with Jing Yu of China in the 500m race during the Essent ISU speed skating World Cup at the Thialf Stadium on November 13, 2009 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

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