Robbie Maddison hospitalised after horror smash
Australian jump King punctures lung performing backflip
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LONG JUMP King Robbie Maddison has been speaking from his hospital bed after an horrific crash left him with a gashed hip and punctured stomach.
Aussie Maddison crashed in Melbourne as he attempted a backflip for
assembled media but was hit by a gust of wind on the way down and landed awkwardly, crashing onto a concrete floor.
Speaking from the Royal Melbourne hospital, he said: "There was a slight drizzle and a bit of a crosswind but I was confident that the move could still be safely pulled off. The down ramp was slippier than I had anticipated and the fall was disappointing."
The punctured lung is just the latest in the long-jump record holder’s career. Hailed as the new Evel Knievel, Maddison has racked-up an almost-as impressive list of injuries as the American icon, including; punctured lungs, snapped anterior cruciate ligaments, fractured vertebrae, five spinal taps, a brain haemorrahge and numerous broken bones.
Maddison set a new world record of 322 feet for the longest distance jumped on a motorbike in Las Vegas on New Year’s eve – he plans to beat that with a 350ft-long jump in Calder, Australia on March 29th. His latest injuries are not expected to stop him performing the record attempt.
Photo: M.Potter
