Chinadaily.com.cn sharing the Olympic spirit OLYMPICS/ Athletes =========================================================================== Don breaks elbow, s Chinadaily.com.cn sharing the Olympic spirit OLYMPICS/ Athletes =========================================================================== Don breaks elbow, suffers setback to Olympic dream (Agencies) Updated: 2007-09-20 09:57 ? LONDON - World triathlon champion Tim Don said on Wednesday his hopes of qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games had suffered a serious setback when he broke his left elbow in a crash in Beijing. Tim Don of Great Britain celebrates after winning the men's Elite competition at the Triathlon World Championships in Lausanne, September 3, 2006. [Reuters] Briton Don, 29, who won the world title in 2006, fell heavily and suffered his injury on the bike section of last Sunday's Triathlon World Cup. In a statement on his personal Web site (www.timdon.com) he said: "There was nothing I could do. The guy in front of me touched wheels with the bloke in front of him, and just went straight down in front of me. "I went straight over the top of him, puncturing my front wheel and also fracturing my elbow. It's the end of my season. I flew home on Sunday night and was in to see the specialist in St John's Wood as soon as I landed. "Six weeks of nothing and then I can start rebuilding the strength and mobility in my left side. I'll give you an update in a couple of weeks when I see the doc again..." Don has not yet achieved the qualifying standard for the Beijing Games but has one final opportunity to do so at the Madrid World Cup event next May. He won an appeal in May this year against a three-month suspension, handed out shortly after he became world champion, for missing three doping tests. He was cleared to compete again by the British Olympic Association. Comments of the article(total ) Print This Article E-mail PHOTO GALLERY PHOTO COUNTDOWN MOST VIEWED OLYMPIAN DATABASE http://www.hellomandarin.net uffers setback to Olympic dream (Agencies) Updated: 2007-09-20 09:57 ? LONDON - World triathlon champion Tim Don said on Wednesday his hopes of qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games had suffered a serious setback when he broke his left elbow in a crash in Beijing. Tim Don of Great Britain celebrates after winning the men's Elite competition at the Triathlon World Championships in Lausanne, September 3, 2006. [Reuters] Briton Don, 29, who won the world title in 2006, fell heavily and suffered his injury on the bike section of last Sunday's Triathlon World Cup. In a statement on his personal Web site (www.timdon.com) he said: "There was nothing I could do. The guy in front of me touched wheels with the bloke in front of him, and just went straight down in front of me. "I went straight over the top of him, puncturing my front wheel and also fracturing my elbow. It's the end of my season. I flew home on Sunday night and was in to see the specialist in St John's Wood as soon as I landed. "Six weeks of nothing and then I can start rebuilding the strength and mobility in my left side. I'll give you an update in a couple of weeks when I see the doc again..." Don has not yet achieved the qualifying standard for the Beijing Games but has one final opportunity to do so at the Madrid World Cup event next May. He won an appeal in May this year against a three-month suspension, handed out shortly after he became world champion, for missing three doping tests. He was cleared to compete again by the British Olympic Association. Comments of the article(total ) Print This Article E-mail PHOTO GALLERY PHOTO COUNTDOWN MOST VIEWED OLYMPIAN DATABASE http://www.hellomandarin.net