The skate cut the Olympic champion badly. He survived because of the safety equipment on the tiki.
Suzanne Schulting was injured in training. PDO
Olympic champion in inline speed skating Suzanne Schulting was badly injured on Monday during the training of the Dutch national team.
Schulting fell, causing a teammate by Xandra Velzeboer the skate cut into his back. The Olympic champion said on his Instagram account that he got a 15-20 centimeter long wound on his back.
The wound is deep. In the Stories section of Instagram, the star posted a photo of a huge patch placed diagonally on her back.
– Fortunately, the blade did not hit the muscle. The wound has been stitched up in the hospital. What happened was of course a shock, but I’m fine considering the circumstances, Schulting wrote on Instagram and published a picture from the hospital bed.
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Schulting also commented on the incident to the TV channel RTL Nieuws. The cut protection saved the Olympic champion.
– I was wearing a protective suit. Without it, the situation could have been much worse. I was lucky that the muscles were not damaged further. It is a deep and unpleasant wound, the skater said According to Aftonbladet.
According to the Dutch sports federation, the speed skating star was able to go home from the hospital on Wednesday.
– Everyone was very upset at first, especially Suzanne and Xandra. We hope to see Suzanne soon, technical director of the association Remy de Wit comment to AD.
Schulting is a three-time Olympic champion and a ten-time short track world champion. There are also seven short track European championships in the trophy case. He won the 1,000-meter Olympic gold in Beijing in a short track world record time.