Yet another reminder of just how dangerous downhill skiing can be
Only 10 weeks after leaving hospital following a back operation, American Bode Miller is back in the care of medical professionals.
Miller was competing in his first race of the 2014-15 season, the World Championships in Beaver Creek in the US when his arm clipped a gate, sending the 37-year-old spinning down the course.
The impact resulted in this gruesome cut on his calf as his left ski clipped his right leg and the skiier also suffered a torn right hamstring in the fall.
Check that. Bode Miller is not OK. pic.twitter.com/x3e2jj0Q8e — Brian Stemmle (@brianstemmle) February 5, 2015
Thankfully, Miller is okay, and he has even tweeted a picture from his hospital bed.
Out of a successful surgery for a severed hamstring tendon. Feeling lucky since things could have been way worse. pic.twitter.com/1jKhhDSRR9
— Bode Miller (@MillerBode) February 6, 2015
Austrian Hannes Reichelt won the race.
Hat-tip to BroBible
