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Η βιονική φάτσα του Sir Steve Redgrave
My bionic face: How surgeons rebuilt Sir Steve Redgrave after his bike crash
By Sue MottLast updated at 3:56 PM on 20th July 2010
Sir Steve Redgrave after his cycle crash
Last month, he embedded his face in the tarmac of a town in Maryland, USA. The dent to the road is undoubtedly still there. That was 18 stone of sporting knight hitting the deck. It would not have escaped lightly.
Neither did Redgrave, who returned home a week later when his suspected concussion had subsided, with a badly broken cheekbone, three cracked ribs, a double-break in his wrist and a dislocated finger.
He had simply fallen off his bike. It had never happened before - and, unfortunately, it occurred in the tantalisingly close moments of a non-stop cycle race across America only 200 miles from the finish line.
He was part of The Redgrave Crew, an eight-man relay cycle team of ex-rowers, competing............
Και ο James Cracknell είχε ατύχημα.
James Cracknell fractures skull in Arizona truck crash
The adventurer James Cracknell was rushed to hospital with head injuries after being knocked off his bicycle by a truck during an attempt to cross America.
James Cracknell suffered a severe head injury when he was knocked off his bicycle by a truck Photo: CLARA MOLDEN
The Olympic rowing champion suffered a fractured skull, a gash to the back of his head and bruising to his brain after being hit him from behind on a quiet strip of road in Arizona.
His life was saved by his crash helmet, which took the full force of the impact.
The accident happened just after sunrise at 5.30am on Tuesday near .........
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