Canadian skater suffers broken nose
Posted April 27, 2011 3:05 pm.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
MOSCOW — Toronto’s Eric Radford suffered a broken nose at the world figure skating championships Wednesday when he took a hard elbow from pairs partner Meagan Duhamel.
Radford and Duhamel were executing a triple Lutz-twist lift — a throw-and-catch manoeuvre where she spins three times while holding her body parallel to the ice.
Duhamel, a native of Lively, Ont., hit Radford on the descent with her elbow.
“If you could see a picture of my face right when it happened, I was very shocked and my nose hurt a lot,” Radford said. “I had tears in my eyes from the pain. . . I was thinking should I stop or should I go and I just kind of magically did it. And what an adventure.”
The front of Radford’s shirt was covered in blood by the time they finished their short program, scoring 58.83 points.
Radford had his nose reset by Canadian team doctor Marni Wesner afterward, but he was unsure of whether he’s be able to compete in Friday’s long program.
“I’ve got to just wait and see how tonight goes,” Radford said. “I’ll do the practice (Friday) and hopefully it’s not hurting too bad and hopefully I can do another twist with Meagan without closing my eyes.”
He said he never considered stopping.
“No, Meagan mentioned it after the lift,” Radford said. “She said ‘You’re going to have to stop,’ but I just kept on going. I could see, I could breathe, I’m not dying, I’ll finish the program and deal with it after.”
