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Chris Froome Makes First Public Appearance Since Near-Fatal Training Crash

Doctors repaired a rare pericardial rupture, leaving his racing future in doubt.

Overview

  • The four-time Tour de France winner, 40, appeared at the Pho3nix Foundation Sport With Purpose gala in Zurich alongside Usain Bolt, Anthony Joshua and Mika Häkkinen.
  • Froome said the charity event motivated him to push his rehabilitation so he could be well enough to attend.
  • Israel–Premier Tech said he sustained pneumothorax, five broken ribs and a lumbar vertebra fracture, and surgeons also treated a pericardial rupture.
  • He was treated at Sainte Anne Toulon and discharged on September 5, later posting that he was relieved to head home and thanking hospital staff.
  • He is being closely monitored for potential cardiac complications, and decisions on his competitive return are on hold with his contract expiring this year.