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Tom Davidson

'It could have been a lot worse' – track rider has 50cm wooden splinter surgically removed after crash

Moritz Mauss riding in a velodrome with a picture of splinters behind him.

Teenage cyclist Moritz Mauss underwent emergency surgery last weekend to remove a 50cm wooden splinter from his hip after he crashed in an track event.

The incident happened at the International Belgian Track Meeting in Gent on Sunday, when Mauss was competing in the Madison.

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