Herlings suffers broken ankle in freak accident (video)
Jeffrey Herlings suffered a broken ankle this afternoon in a freak accident. The Dutch MXGP World Champion fell during the “sighting lap”. Also known as the warm-up lap, where the pilots can check the condition of the course one last time before the race really starts.
The four-time world champion fell while landing from a jump. The man behind him, Arminas Jasikonis, did everything he could to avoid his rival, but in the end he had no choice but to partially run over Jeffrey Herlings' ankle. An initial X-ray taken in Youthstream's well-equipped medical mobile unit shows a micro-fracture in one of the bones of the ankle.
Jeffrey Herlings will now visit his own doctor, Doctor Claes, as soon as possible and then he will know more as well as we do. We wish “The Bullet” a lot of recovery and strength to get through this shitty year quickly!
Text: Matthias Van Eeckhoven – Photo: Gino Maes
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