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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
Welsh cyclist Nicole Cooke confident of recovery
Welsh cyclist Nicole Cooke is confident that a broken collarbone will
not prevent her defending her Commonwealth Games road race title in
Melbourne in March.
Nicole Cooke, 22, suffered the injury in last week's Manchester leg of the World Cup.
"I'm still very sore and tender around the collarbone, so that's going to take quite a while to heal," Nicole Cooke said.
"But I'm sure I will be able to get to Melbourne - it's not ideal but
if there is a right time to have an accident like this I suppose this
was it."
Nicole Cooke, who has recently signed for Swiss-based team Univega for
next season, fell heavily after bumping elbows with a Canadian rider.
Both riders came down, and Nicole Cooke landed heavily on her shoulder
as she hit the track, and broke her collarbone and suffered several
large splinters.
"I can't think there was anything I was doing wrong, to be brought down like that is horrible at any time," Nicole Cooke added.
"But when the consequences mean taking several weeks off the bike it does have a much bigger impact later on.
"I am lucky that we are three months away from the Commonwealth Games,
so providing I can get back on a bike on the indoor turbo-trainer in
two weeks' time then I should be able to train my legs.
"With some gym work and some imagination, hopefully by the middle of
January when I can ride normally back on the road I'll not have fallen
too far behind."
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