American bike player Connor Fields suffered a brain hemorrhage during a heavy fall in Friday’s semifinals of the Olympic race. The defending champion spent the night in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Tokyo, but no further problems arose, and doctors transferred him to a regular ward today, where he will remain for observation. Representatives of the American team informed about it.
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American bike player Connor Fields suffered a brain hemorrhage during a heavy fall in the semifinals of the Olympic race.
Christian Hartmann, Reuters
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Fields had an ugly carom right at the start of the semi-final race and was first treated on the track for a few minutes. He was then carried on a stretcher and taken to hospital. “Doctors confirmed that there was a bleeding into the brain. However, no further bleeding occurred in the intensive care unit after the night. The examination did not reveal any further injuries,” the representatives of the cycling team said in a statement.
Fields’ mother also confirmed the information on Facebook. “The last CT revealed no further brain injury or bleeding, so it could be transferred from the ICU to another ward, no surgery is currently needed,” she said. Fields’ father also supported the good news. “Cognitive functions are fine. He knows where he is. He knows when his birthday is, he knows people,” he told USA Today.
Fields was one of the main contenders for gold and even before the carom he had a certain progress to the finals. In the end, due to injury, he could not get in it, he was replaced on the Olympic throne by Niek Kimmann from the Netherlands.
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