Paralympic cyclist Juanjo Méndez injured after being run over during training

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Juanjo Méndez has won three medals - two silvers and one bronze - in four participations in Paralympic Games

As reported by the EFE agency, the Paralympic cyclist Juanjo Méndez has suffered a accident This morning when I was training in Sant Fost de Campsentelles (Barcelona). Juanjo has suffered a fracture of clavicle and another of a rib due to the accident. He was accompanied at the time of the event by his coach, Bernat Moreno, who has also suffered various blows.

The accident occurred on Wednesday when the vehicle that rammed them wanted to access a polygon in the area.

Juanjo Méndez, Paralympic athlete, has won three medals in four participations in the Paralympic Games , getting two silver and one bronze medals.

Juanjo suffers a disability due to the motorcycle accident suffered in 1992. In the same he came to be presumed dead at first, even the Civil Guard covered his body with a blanket. However, after seeing that he moved, more than half an hour of cardiac massage and a large amount of blood that had to be transfused, allowed him to tell.

Now, this athlete has had to return to the hospital. The luck that his injuries are not as important as then, although again a cyclist who trains or walks on his bike ends up in a medical center.

 

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Source: efe

Photos: Facebook Juanjo Mendez / Inverse