Ten Hours of Surgery for Bubka Jr

[janie]

Sergei Bubka injured in fall
Updated: 07:11, Friday November 2, 2012

Ukrainian tennis player Sergei Bubka was taken to hospital in the early hours of Thursday after falling three floors from a window, according to French reports.

The website of RMC radio said he was locked inside a bathroom when he opened the window and tried to reach an adjacent window and fell.

The report said he was taken to Georges-Pompidou Hospital in Paris and treated for multiple fractures.

The 25-year-old, ranked 186th, is the son of pole vaulting great Sergei Bubka - the only athlete to have won six world championships in the same individual discipline, from 1983 to 1999. He also took gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

[janie]

Updates:

Matt Cronin ‏@tennisreporters
Word is that Azarenka is on her way to Paris to see Bubka Jr.

unseeded & looming ‏@unseededlooming
Bubka Jr. underwent 10 hours of surgery & is doing well.

[lexpretend]

Jesus. Horrible. Apparently the injuries aren't life-threatening but for a while the doctors weren't sure about that. Next time perhaps just make some noise when you're locked in a bathroom like normal people, Sergei.

[Traveling Man]

Damn! Glad he's going to be alright but yeah make some noise, or try breaking down the door?

[Grarliner]

I wonder what the story is here. I think the report is a bit incomplete. Nobody would do that, would they? Not for that reason.