Whistler (AFP) - Slovenia's Petra Majdic said Wednesday's bronze in the women's sprint classic was like an Olympic 'gold with little diamonds' after she suffered a bruising tumble into a rocky stream just before the start. The 30-year-old fell three metres down a bank and onto rocks after slipping in the warm-up, but still managed to battle through four rounds to finish third behind Norways's Marit Bjoergen and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland. "It was Slovenia's first medal, which is why I think I fought so hard," she said. "I could feel the injury everytime I moved and it still hurt really badly. It might have been a bronze, but for me this medal is gold with little diamonds. "Before the first race, I was thinking 'it's over, it's over' because I could barely move. "But I have been fighting for this for 23 years and many people were cheering for me." Having turned down a pain-killing injection which would have hindered her movement, Madjic gritted her teeth and was in clear discomfort after each of the four rounds on the 1.4km-long course. Madjic had a scan after the race which revealed she had not broken any ribs, but she has deep bruising and ruled herself out of Friday's 15km pursuit. "I think it will be impossible for me to race - in a few days the injury will be much worse," she said. "The best thing I can do is to prepare for the 30km mass start (on February 27th)." Madjic, second in the overall World Cup rankings, said the area where she fell - a bridge over ...

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