Colombia cyclist Egan Bernal in intensive care following training crash

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Two-time Grand Tour winner Egan Bernal remains in intensive care after undergoing spinal surgery following a serious crash suffered while training in his native Colombia.champion underwent two rounds of surgery following the accident, with doctors working to repair fractures in his right leg and kneecap as well as a collapsed lung before carrying out a further operation to repair dislocated fractures in his spine.

“Doctors were able to medically pin his right leg and stabilise the vertebrae fracture in two separate surgeries last night. He is now in an intensive care unit where other potential secondary injuries are being managed, as well as his body’s response to the trauma.” A statement from the hospital said the operation on Bernal’s spine “kept intact the neurological integrity and conserved the functionality of the segments involved”.

 

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