What caused Belinda Granger hematoma?
To everyone who knows Belinda Granger, the news that a car knocked her off her bike and left her bruised and bloody a few days before Quelle Challenge Roth was greeted with great dismay. Granger is intelligent, funny, generous, a great Ironman athlete and is universally acknowledged as having the best washboard abs of any woman triathlete on the planet. Those who know her well are also well aware that she loves Felix Walchshofer’s Challenge races, and Roth in particular. Coming off her Honu win, she was raring at the bit to vie with old Brett Sutton Team TBB training partner Chrissie Wellington and the rest of the high-powered women’s field at Roth. She had high hopes of avenging her lowest finish ever at Roth – 4th, despite a spectacular PB 8:58:08 time. “I was riding 10 minutes from my home stay in Pfaffenhofen, not on the course,” said Granger who sported three splint bandages on her left hand fingers and blotchy bruises on her right quadricep. “A car was coming in the other directi
To everyone who knows Granger, the news that a car knocked her off her bike and left her bruised and bloody a few days before Quelle Challenge Roth was greeted with great dismay. “I was riding 10 minutes from my home stay in Pfaffenhofen, not on the course,” said Granger who sported three splint bandages on her left hand fingers and blotchy bruises on her right quadricep. “A car was coming in the other direction and he turned in front of me.” Granger said the incident still seemed inexplicable. “It’s crazy,” she said. “I promise you we had eye contact. He definitely saw me, but he didn’t indicate a turn. That’s why I didn’t even slow up.” Next, she says, “As he turned in front of me, I tried to turn, of course. But I hit the passenger door with my leg and my shoulder. Nothing was broken, but my left hand fingers were badly sprained and bruised. And I have a mild hematoma on my right quadricep which I will have to watch carefully.” Sources:
I was riding 10 minutes from my home stay in Pfaffenhofen, not on the course,” said Granger who sported three splint bandages on her left hand fingers and blotchy bruises on her right quadricep. “A car was coming in the other direction and he turned in front of me.” Granger said the incident still seemed inexplicable. “It’s crazy,” she said. “I promise you we had eye contact. He definitely saw me, but he didn’t indicate a turn. That’s why I didn’t even slow up.” Next, she says, “As he turned in front of me, I tried to turn, of course. But I hit the passenger door with my leg and my shoulder. Nothing was broken, but my left hand fingers were badly sprained and bruised. And I have a mild hematoma on my right quadricep which I will have to watch carefully.” Sources: http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/Belinda_Granger_is_TOUGH__906.
