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Dawn Fraser ‘not out of the woods’ after serious injuries from fall, daughter says

Dawn Fraser in November 2024
Dawn Fraser, pictured in November 2024. The Olympic great broke her hip and four ribs after a fall in the driveway of her home. Photograph: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images

Dawn Fraser’s family has spoken of their fear of losing the Australian swimming great after she fell on the driveway of her home and sustained a broken hip and four broken ribs.

Fraser, 87, is convalescing in hospital after the “scary” incident last week that initially prompted fears she had suffered internal bleeding.

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