Cheatley recovering from surgery

Top New Zealand women's cyclist Catherine Cheatley is to begin her recovery process after undergoing a vein enlargement operation. The Cheerwine rider underwent the surgery on her left thigh in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Monday to help the rider return to her full potential after doing damage to the vein in a crash while riding in the United States of America last season.

"What they did was to take a vein out of [her] ankle, and attach it to the main artery – which comes out of the stomach – supplying blood to her leg," Catherine's husband and coach Dayle Cheatley told NZPA. "They are expecting a pretty quick recovery from her because she's nice and fit and healthy."