Paul Amey out of the Olympics

Paul Amey out of the Olympics


2004 Olympian, Paul Amey crashed while training on the coast of Italy last Thursday smashing his pelvis, breaking it in three places. Amey will no longer be participating in the Olympic Games.

"I'm crushed and very sad", stated Amey.

"At first Paul actually felt ok. He just had the normal aches and pains that come with any crash,” said Scott Fairchild, Amey's agent. "In fact, he even got back on his bike and rode home with the help of a mate who pulled him back into town. It wasn't till the following day when Paul received an MRI at a local clinic that he was rushed to the hospital in fear of internal bleeding."

Amey is currently still in the hospital and is being told by doctors he'll be on his back for ‘at least a month’. Efforts are being made to fly Amey back to England but it is unclear if that is possible at this time. Doctors are saying it will be a couple months before he even walks on his own.

When asked of the crash Amey said, "We were just cruising down this hill -rather slowly actually- when my front wheel skipped over a small rock. It spun my handlebars on me and I thought I'd actually recovered in time but it flipped my weight over to the other side and I just slammed down onto the ground. My bike, clothes, and even skin are almost totally untouched. Aside from a few scratches I look fine and so does my bike. I just came down so hard on my hip."

Paul does hope to get back into training later this year and has his eye on early 2005 races like the Pucon Half Ironman and either Ironman Australia or Ironman New Zealand.