Black Sticks defender Kathryn Henry has seen her Rio dreams vanish after she snapped her ACL during a practice match against India in Darwin.
Henry feared the worst and scans at home confirmed the 25-year-old will be sidelined for the rest of the year by the knee injury she picked up after sprinting for the ball.
The injury comes just weeks after fellow Black Stick Shiloh Gloyn suffered the same injury to her right knee.
"As I was sprinting I just felt something go, I did a bit of a hurdle jump and then went down onto the turf," Henry said.
"I had seen what happened to Shiloh a few weeks earlier so I think I knew pretty much straight away that I had done my ACL.
"It's really disappointing but I will come back stronger and I have a great team of medical staff around me who will help make sure I'm back out on the turf next year."
Henry has played in 41 Tests of New Zealand.
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