Prumm title ambitions thwarted by broken collarbone
Double Women’s World Cup winner and current leader
of the inaugural FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship,
Yamaha Van Beer’s Katherine Prumm, will miss this weekend’s
Grand Prix of Germany at Teutschenthal after breaking her
left collarbone while training in Belgium on Tuesday.
The 20 year old suffered a relatively slow speed tumble on
her YZ250F but the impact was enough to force a complicated
fracture to the collarbone and the New Zealander underwent
surgery immediately to have a plate inserted and fragments
of bone cleaned from the break.
“Naturally I’m upset and disappointed,”
she said. “The back wheel just stepped-out for a moment
and I went down but I landed awkwardly and knew I had done
some damage. The x-ray showed that the bones were quite badly
displaced so I had the operation right away. The plate should
help my recovery. Luck has not been with me this season. I
want to thank the Van Beers team, Yamaha and everyone in Europe
for their support so far.”
Although it is early to assess the exact period of rehab
needed before Prumm can return to action, her chances of competing
at the fifth and final round of the world championship in
Holland on September 7th remain in the balance.
Prumm will travel to Germany this weekend to talk to the
press and also lend her comments to the release of the provisional
2009 Women’s World Championship schedule that sees the
series increase from five to ten rounds.
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