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Seriously injured - Hawaii favorite hit by car

Running training between the lava fields, swimming in the Pacific, the bike parked under a palm tree - some of the world's best triathletes are posting their impressions of the first training sessions in Hawaii.

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Seriously injured - Hawaii favorite hit by car

Running training between the lava fields, swimming in the Pacific, the bike parked under a palm tree - some of the world's best triathletes are posting their impressions of the first training sessions in Hawaii. A good week until the Ironman. Kat Matthews wanted to be on the podium there on October 6 and was one of the contenders. Her latest Instagram photo shows her injured in the hospital.

The 31-year-old Briton had a serious accident while training shortly before leaving for the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. Matthews was hit by a car during a cycling session at training camp in Texas. On Instagram, she posted a photo from a hospital with extensive skin abrasions on her face and a neck brace.

According to her husband Mark Matthews, the second in the 2021 Ironman World Championship, which was held in Utah in May, suffered minor fractures in her skull. Matthews also fractured two vertebrae and his sternum in the accident. Further investigations are pending. So the injuries are serious, but Mark Matthews also gives the all-clear: "Kat is okay and in good hands, hopefully without long-term injuries."

In the accident: the two-time Hawaii champion Patrick Lange. Matthews and he are coached by German Björn Geesmann. Both prepared in Texas for the showdown in Hawaii.

"We rode on a quiet road like we had a dozen times before," Lange reported to triathlete.com. A car from the opposite direction then suddenly crossed the street and hit Matthews. You had no chance to avoid the accident at high speed on the flat road.

According to Lange, Matthews was initially unconscious. Luckily, the ambulance got there quickly. The accident happened on Sunday (local time).

Matthews was considered one of the contenders for the podium in the October 6 women's race. The 31-year-old was only beaten by Swiss Daniela Ryf in Utah and finished ahead of 2019 world champion Anne Haug.

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