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A Cyclist is counting his lucky stars after surviving a freak accident in Belgium. The 17 year old was impaled by a wooden spike from the track in that punctured his lung during a race, according to reports... DAMN! Story w/ picture below...
VIA NY Post: Lorenzo Gobbo, 17, was competing at the European Under-23 and Junior Track Championship in Ghent when the frightening episode occurred, according to BBC Sport.
When a group of bikers collided, a pedal struck the track and dislodged a piece of wood that struck Gobbo, who remains in intensive care after a three-hour operation.
“He is recovering well but stays in intensive care to prevent infections,” Frank Glorieux, chief executive of meet organizers Cycling Vlaanderen, told the news outlet.
“He said he would have won the race rather than make the newspapers this way,” Glorieux said, the UK’s Independent reported.
“He could still laugh, but he doesn’t want to ride on the track for the time being,” he added.