Arnold Breaks Leg!
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has broken his leg while skiing with his family in Sun Valley, Idaho.
The California governor was taken to a local hospital for X-rays on Saturday, which revealed he had fractured his right femur.
Arnold is an experienced skier and a frequent visitor to Sun Valley, where a piste has been named Arnold's Run after him. The Sun Valley resort, America's first Alpine ski resort, is known as a winter playground for the rich and famous.
Schwarzenegger was discharged from hospital and is now recuperating at his Sun Valley home, Adam Mendelsohn, the governor's deputy chief of staff for communications, said in a statement.
"When the governor returns to Los Angeles from his scheduled Christmas trip, he will have surgery to repair his femur," Mr Mendelsohn said.
"No-one else was involved in the skiing accident," his statement added.
Details of the accident are not fully known. It occurred while Schwarzenegger was on a normal ski run with his family, a spokesperson for the Governor said.
Rick Hickman, night general manager at Sun Valley Resort, described Schwarzegger as "a very good skier; he's a very confident skier."
Hickman said he had seen the governor just that morning at the foot of a lift that carries skiers up Baldy Mountain. Conditions at Sun Valley on Saturday were overcast and snowy, he said.
Schwarzenegger has skied for many years, Hickman said. He is a well-known figure in Sun Valley, and a ski run — a challenging "single black diamond" run — was renamed "Arnold's Run" in his honor.
The femur, the long leg bone between the pelvis and the knee, is considered one of the strongest bones in the human body.
Schwarzenegger is well known in Sun Valley, and has led a traditional Christmas Eve torchlight parade on the local mountains.
He has often ducked out to the ski haven in the Sawtooth Mountains, which has become a de facto hideaway for politicians and film stars. John F. Kerry snowboarded there during his presidential run and locals have spotted Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Clint Eastwood and Jamie Lee Curtis in town or on the slopes.
Schwarzenegger is at his Sun Valley with his wife Maria Shriver and their four children, and still plans to spend Christmas there.
"The Governor's doing great, and he's looking forward to spending the Christmas holiday with his family," Julie Soderlund, a spokeswoman for Mr Schwarzenegger told the Reuters news agency. Global Arnold Staff
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