Australian BMX star Sam Willoughby remains without feeling below his chest after a serious training crash which left him with spinal damage. The family of the world champion and Olympic silver medallist has released more details of the serious injuries he suffered on September 10 in an American training crash. He suffered fractures to his C6 and C7 vertebrae, severely compressing his spinal cord and leaving him with no movement below the chest. Willoughby won silver in BMX at the 2012 Olympics and made the final in Rio, but finished a surprise sixth. His American fiancee Alise Post won BMX silver in Rio.

Source: The Guardian September 22, 2016 23:35 UTC