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ROME — Valentino Rossi broke his right shin bone in a crash during practice Saturday ahead of the Italian Grand Prix and was scheduled for surgery.
Rossi, who is second in the MotoGP riders’ standings, waved as he was moved on to a stretcher before being taken to the track’s medical center for an X-ray that confirmed he had a displaced and exposed fracture of his right tibia.He was flown to Florence’s Careggi medical center by helicopter and said, “Ciao,” when he was taken out of the ambulance.
Rossi has a “very ugly fracture, with the bone exposed,” said Dr. Claudio Costa, head of the Mugello medical facility where the rider was first treated.
The nine-time world champion was being prepared for surgery Saturday afternoon to insert a pin and four screws in the leg, Costa said.
The Italian news agency ANSA said Rossi lost control of his Yamaha while changing direction between two curves on his second practice run. He flipped over in the air and flew off the motorcycle, landing hard on the lower part of his right leg.
When he got up, he was gripping his right calf.
Rossi has won his home Grand Prix nine times.
Courtesy: Associated Press
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