Spanish sprinter Hortelano undergoes more hand surgery

ByReuters

Published 15/09/2016 at 12:37 GMT

Spanish sprinter Bruno Hortelano is to have another operation on his right hand on Thursday in Barcelona, 10 days after undergoing reconstructive surgery on a serious injury suffered in a car crash in Madrid.

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Hortelano, who won gold in the 200 metres at the European Championships in Amsterdam in July, has been at Barcelona's USP Institut University Dexeus hospital since Tuesday.

Hortelano, 24, who went to the Rio Olympics but failed to qualify for the 200 meters final, was in the passenger's seat at the time of the accident on Sept. 5.

He holds the Spanish record for 100 and 200 metres.

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