tibia

The unidentified girl had a skull fracture, several healing fractures to her ribs, a brain hemorrhage, swelling in the neck and a healing tibia fracture in her leg.

Debbie says the pain resulted from the knee implant slipping from the tibia and wearing away the bone.

"Fractures of the tibia range from partial break, such as a stress or fatigue split, through to a complete break and separation," the consultant knee and sports surgeon added.

"I actually played the whole tournament with a fractured tibia, but no-one knew," said Bronze.

Even with a fractured tibia throughout the tournament, Bronze would not give up.