Emma Johansson hit by car while training
by Jens on Jan 15, 2012 1:40 PM EST
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Swedish olympic silver medallist and current national champion Emma Johansson crashed in training on Grand Canaria yesterday. Apparently both she and the oncoming car managed to swerve, avoiding what might have been a fatal accident according to Emma J in an interview with Swedish television. The accident still resulted in two broken collarbones and some bad bruising. Swedish Eurosport also mention a possible arm-fracture although the Swede herself made no mention of it. She hoped to be back in training in four or five weeks considering herself lucky to escape without even more serious injuries. Recovery will be hard though as two fractured clavicles makes her very handicapped, needing help even to eat and drink
The accident occurred at the end of a 220 km trainingride. An oncoming car overtaking another car illegally, crossed over in the opposing lane in a curve with poor visibility, meeting the rider head-on.
This was the second Hitec Products - Mistral Home rider to collide with a car in the off-season. New signing Sylwia Kapusta also crashed in training earlier this winter but with less serious consequences.
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its bad, but it would appear that she got lucky.
Fucking driver.
If Emma's account is indeed accurate I'm guessing that guy is looking at some jailtime
Overtaking in a curve, crossing a full-drawn line…….
I really, really hope so
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by Sarah Connolly on Jan 15, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
from CN
According to reports in Sportbladet, it’s also possible that Johannson suffered a broken arm, but the 28-year-old has received conflicting diagnoses from doctors and it hasn’t yet been confirmed.
“I am totally disabled now,” Johannson told Sportbladet. “I drink through straws and need to be fed when I eat.” Johannson, however, remains optimistic, saying it “could have been much worse”, and hopes to begin racing in late February.
www.cyclingnews.com/news/johannson-hit-by-car-suffers-two-broken-collarbones
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by Sarah Connolly on Jan 15, 2012 6:07 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously, fuck that driver.
I hope he roasts in hell. Or jail.
Yikes, from her twitter
Got hit by a car on ydays training, two broken collarbone as result! Could have been so much worse… #GuardedByAnAngel #HappyToBeAlive
So pleased she’s (relatively) ok – with time to heal up for the season
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Bloody hell, that's not good
Especially with it being Olympic year. I guess Hitec is in a better position than they would’ve been last year (well, assuming no one else is hit by a car) but I was really, really looking forward to seeing how the strengthened team would work…
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by Sarah Connolly on Jan 15, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
Keeping my fingers crossed they're wrong
I suspect they will re-examine in more detail when swelling has gone down etc.
Speaking of Emma J, did you see her blog from Friday?
http://www.emmajohansson.com/2012/01/13/thoughts-from-gran-canaria/
She makes a very, very good point about Procycling and how they do/n’t cover women’s cycling
This time I was surprised to find an article with a female cyclist in it! Liz Hatch had some good answers to the questions they asked her and especially I appreciated the way she gave credit to all hard working female cyclists and her explanation of how difficult it is to make a living out of it for us.
But in one way the article annoyed me. Why give Liz Hatch two full pages in a magazine that normally do not write about female cycling? No offence Liz but wouldn’t it be more interesting to have an article about someone who is interesting because of how she races and not by her good looks?
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by Sarah Connolly on Jan 15, 2012 3:33 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
No offence Liz but wouldn’t it be more interesting to have an article about someone who is interesting because of how she races and not by her good looks?
no. :)
but Emma, it’s like the beautiful calling the beautiful “beautiful.”
(I prefer Emma – and hope she heals quickly)
moo
'zactly
I mean, why can’t you have both? #moreemmaplz
De cross gaat out that door.
by Chris Fontecchio on Jan 17, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
That sounds very dramatic
Good thing she managed to avoid being hit by the front of the car, or it could have ended in tragedy. Best wishes for her speedy recovery, hopefully she can be back in top form in the olympics and world championships
Emma's twitter!
To shower again after 220km,4600hm, 1 ambulanceride ,1 night in hospital and another 1 in hotel can only be described in 1 word: orgasmic!
Made me grin – and I’m glad she’s sounding so upbeat!
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Swedish radio interviewed her yesterday
And she did sound upbeat, made a few jokes.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Jan 17, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
new blog post and video from her hospital bed
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
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