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Pro racer Paul Basagoitia was seriously injured in an extreme mountain biking competition. Here’s how dealt with it.
(BBC, approx 18 mins reading time)
“When I dropped in, everything was going to plan to be honest. “I was mostly stressed out about the big backflip and I did that perfectly.” Next, as he raced down the rugged terrain, Paul had to pull off landing a 40-foot drop. But, coming in with too much speed, he overshot by just a couple of feet. “There’s not really much room for error,” he says. His pedal got caught on a branch and he flipped over his handlebars, down over a ledge and straight onto his back.
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