Rio 2016

Horror injury for Olympic opener

Bad pictures of injuries to dominate the opening weekend of the Olympic games in Rio. The riders plunge in a row, also a German gymnast is injured severely. Annemiek van Vleuten gives the all-clear.

The most Important thing: The Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten, it is doing well under the circumstances: she got three bone chips in the lumbar spine and a severe concussion. Anyone who has seen the images of the brutal fall, had to expect the Worst: The cyclist was thrown down on price of gold lying on the departure of the Vista Chinesa upside down and lost consciousness. From the hospital, she was now all clear. A blessing in disguise – for the second Time: On the day exactly one year ago, she survived a heavy crash in training after a collision with a car. At that time, she came up with three geknacksten Ribs, a broken collarbone and bruises in the face.

I am now in the hospital with some injuries and fractures, but will be fine, will. Most of all, super disappointed after the best race of my career.

— Annemiek van Vleuten (@AvVleuten) 8. August 2016

The men were not able to finish the demanding course in Rio accident free: former Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali of Italy and the Colombians Sergio Henao crashed in a three-man leading group in the lead of the race. Nibali suffered a key leg, Henao a pelvic fracture. The Australian Richie Porte suffered a fracture of the Shoulder.

“Hero de Janeiro”

Also the German Olympic team, has suffered the bitterness of failure: tennis player Dustin Brown gave up with tears in his eyes in his first round match against Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci – he was snapped in his Olympic debut and suffered a double ligament tear.

“Hero de Janeiro”: The German gymnast Andreas Toba

Heroically responded gymnast Andreas Toba, who had led his Team in spite of a cruciate ligament tear to the more final battle-After he had hurt so hard, he went under a major pain in the pommel horse, to help his team important points. “I can’t simply give up, so I’ve never been,” he said later. “I’m incredibly proud of him,” said Mr Fabian Hambüchen hat off to this performance, the DOSB “bows” in front of Toba.

The gymnasts are tough, proved that the French Samir Ait Said: He landed the jump so unhappy on the left leg, that his leg broke, and almost at a 90-degree angle to the thigh. The champion of Europe of 2013 had to have a double whammy: As the 26-Year-old should be pushed on the Stretcher into an ambulance, the paramedics, the fall Carrying. Michel Leglise, President of the medical Commission of the world Federation FIG, made the unlucky after a visit to the hospital courage: “We expect that he will fully recover and are optimistic that he can return to the gymnastics podium.”

og/tk (sid, dpa)