Olympic athletes’ injury update
August 9, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
The injuries keep coming – hopefully few of them – if any – will cause any long-term pain issues. Here’s what I’ve found for today:
Dutch soccer forward Roy Makaay has been hurt and may not be able to play. The news reports don’t say what the injury is, but he is reportedly having trouble walking. My heart always goes for teams from the Netherlands (unless it’s a Canada/Netherlands match!) so I hope he gets well soon.
British gymnast Beth Tweddle is going ahead with her Olympic dream despite a rib injury, although 
she has withdrawn from the all-around competition. She will focus on her strongest events, which are the uneven bars and the floor.
US gymnast Chellsie Memmel has a sprained ankle but will be participating in the Olympic team preliminaries with the uneven bars. The article says she still needs to walk carefully on the foot – is it really smart for her to be competing? When she jumps off the bars at the end of the routine, she could cause some serious damage. It would be awful to have to live with chronic pain because of a bad decision.
A boxer from Samoa, Farani Tavui, took a heavy blow to the head, which resulted in a trip to the hospital.
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Do you have any athletes to add to the list?
your comment about Chellsie Memmell made me laugh. All gymnasts have chronic pain. I wasnt anywhere near the olympic level and I have a cracked growth plate in my wrist and still have a bone chip floating around in my back. Gymnastics is horrible on your body, and unfortunately, you compete whether your broken or not. Im suprised she’s only competing on bars with just a sprain.
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