Hawley recovering after Olympic cross-country fall
Canadian eventer Hawley Bennett-Awad is probable to hold out discharged from infirmary inside the side past times side day, next her autumn on the Olympic cross-country at Greenwich Park on Monday.
The Canadian Olympic Committee’s reported that its Chief Medical Officer, Dr Julia Alleyne, examined Bennett-Awad on Tuesday. It said her status has improved too it is anticipated that she volition hold out discharged from the infirmary inside the side past times side 24 hours, but she is non expected to move domicile immediately.
“We are real relieved that Hawley is recovering good too is expected to hold out released from the infirmary shortly,” said Mike Gallagher, President of Equine Canada.
“She is to hold out commended for her forcefulness too courage, too nosotros promise to come across her dorsum inward fine shape shortly too competing in 1 lawsuit once to a greater extent than for Canada.”
Hawley, 35, of Langley, BC, brutal at fighting 3 during the cross province contest on Mon riding Gin & Juice, a 12-year-old USA Thoroughbred mare she co-owns amongst Linda Paine. She suffered a concussion too a stable sacral fracture too required hospitalization.
She was the highest placed fellow member of the Canadian eventing squad afterwards the dressage phase.
• Portersize Just a Jif, the mountain of Ireland’s Camilla Speirs, is comfortable afterwards sustaining a autumn on the cross-country.
Marcus Swail, Team Ireland’s vet at the Games, said Portersize Just a Jif had been nether observation at the Olympic Veterinary Clinic during the black too his status was “comfortable”.
“The Equus caballus sustained around bruising to his ribs too breast during the fall.
“He is moving to around other veterinarian clinic off site today for a few to a greater extent than days of observation only to brand absolutely certain that he’s fine,” Swail said.
Speirs was non injured inward the fall.
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