According to a Greenville Health System spokesman, a champion Paralympian from the Czech Republic is in serious condition after he and another athlete collided during a race on Sunday,.
Jiri Jezek, 39, crashed less than 200 meters from the finish line during the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Greenville. He was taken to GHS Greenville Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon, where he underwent surgery.
Louis Barbeau, UCI technical delegate, said that he was alert and talking after his surgery and that he was one of the most experienced para-cyclists in the world. He has participated in four Paralympic games and medaled each time.
Jezek lost his right leg below the knee in a car accident when he was 11. By the age of 20, he had taken up competitive cycling as a hobby.
He is now scheduled to have surgery Tuesday on his arm. However it is not certain when he’ll return home or to cycling.
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