Having struggled since damaging his knee in Portugal and valiantly battling on in the subsequent MXGP rounds, Ben Watson’s made the decision to sit out the season in order to fix his right ACL. Here’s his statement below.
“It’s a really bad news. I’m sorry. In a crash in the Lugo GP I suffered a sprain to my right knee, but it didn’t show up as an injury right away. I raced the last two GPs (France and Germany) but my knee kept giving me problems. I was in pain and it didn’t allow me to train. Further medical investigations revealed an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus. Keeping up with training or racing would only make the things worse and with the doctors we have decided on surgery, which we are planning for as soon as possible, at the moment we don’t have the date yet. It is likely that the recovery time will not allow me to return to the World Championship this season.” he explained.
We wish him all the best for his recovery.
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