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Caroline Buchanan: Olympic cyclist injured in car crash | Caroline Buchanan: Olympic cyclist injured in car crash |
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Two-time Olympian and world cycling champion Caroline Buchanan has suffered serious injuries in a car accident in her native Australia. | Two-time Olympian and world cycling champion Caroline Buchanan has suffered serious injuries in a car accident in her native Australia. |
Buchanan, 27, posted an image on Instagram of herself in hospital with a bloodied face and wearing a neck brace. | Buchanan, 27, posted an image on Instagram of herself in hospital with a bloodied face and wearing a neck brace. |
She wrote that she had a broken nose and sternum and a collapsed lung. | She wrote that she had a broken nose and sternum and a collapsed lung. |
Local media reported the accident involved a single vehicle and happened in New South Wales, but further details were not yet clear. | Local media reported the accident involved a single vehicle and happened in New South Wales, but further details were not yet clear. |
Warning: Some readers may find the image below disturbing | |
"I wouldn't say 2017 ended quite as planned. It's been a rough couple of days in ICU after a vehicle roll," Buchanan said in her caption. | "I wouldn't say 2017 ended quite as planned. It's been a rough couple of days in ICU after a vehicle roll," Buchanan said in her caption. |
"I just moved to a private room and everything is moving in a positive recovery direction." | "I just moved to a private room and everything is moving in a positive recovery direction." |
She wished her followers a happy new year and said "off season just got a little more tough!!", in a post that has drawn thousands of comments. | She wished her followers a happy new year and said "off season just got a little more tough!!", in a post that has drawn thousands of comments. |
Buchanan has three BMX and five mountain bike world titles, and competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. | Buchanan has three BMX and five mountain bike world titles, and competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. |
Most recently she took out the mountain bike 4-cross world title in August and was named Canberra's female athlete of the year in November. | Most recently she took out the mountain bike 4-cross world title in August and was named Canberra's female athlete of the year in November. |
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