The most horrific injuries in sports history

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Paolo Diogo

Jessica Dube

Clint, Malarchuk

Kevin Weir

Mick Foley

Jamie Graham

Bare Salming

Jules Bianchi

Allan Ray

Nodar Kumaritashvili

Federico Mattiello

Irina Skvortsova

Sports injury to provide almost impossible. With sprains, bruises and torn ligaments faced by almost every athlete. But some of them experience real fear, because the resulting health problems are really terrible. In this article you will learn about the most chilling injuries in sports history.

Paolo Diogo

Midfielder Paulo Diogo in 2004 lost a finger right on the football field. It is noteworthy that it was related to some events in his life: so he married, and helped to score a goal in gate “Schaffhausen”. On the 87 minute of the match he passed the ball to Jean Bozioru and happy because everything is so well formed, ran to the fans. Eventually caught the wedding ring over the barrier separating the field from the stands. The fans were horrified: they saw a bloody bone as the ring together with half of the finger was lost. He also wrote out a yellow card for what Diogo has to be suspended and overly expressive behaved.

Jessica Dube

The skater from Canada was terrible injury from skate blades. In February 2007, it was made with an arbitrary program in the Championship of four continents. At first everything was fine, however, during synchronous rotation of Duba a partner with Bryce Davison they are very close to each other. Skate with Bryce got in the face of Jessica, causing the ice started bleeding, and everyone around watched in horror at this action.

Of course, the performance was immediately stopped, and Jessica Dube was taken to the hospital. There she had to put a seam 83 on the cheeks and nose. Only a half later, the skater began again to speak, and won a bronze medal at the world Championships. Have had to go through some plastic surgery and a course of psychotherapy.

Clint, Malarchuk

But Clint, Malarchuk got more horrifying injury after a meeting with ridge. Canadian hockey player standing in goal during a match with “St. Louis Blues”, when he flew Steve tuttle and Uwe Krupp. Around the gates were happening in a complete mess, and it ended with a fountain of blood. The fact that tuttle came to Malarchuk in the jugular.

The sight was truly awful: hockey player tore over the ice, and the audience in the first rows fainted. Thanks to Jim the physical therapist Pizzutelli the life of a hockey player was saved. Before he arrived, the goalkeeper managed to lose a liter of blood on the field, then the same on the way to the hospital. However, Pizzutelli squeezed the wound and managed to stop the blood loss. Surgeons have left on the wound more than 300 stitches.

Interestingly, after injury, Malarchuk tried to commit suicide, but survived clinical death. And attempt to shoot resulted in the fact that he was a few more scars.

Kevin Weir

In 2013 the defender “Louisville” had a little “embarrassing”: after a failed landing at Kevin’s protruding bones of the lower leg. So he tried to block one of the players opponents.

It is noteworthy that ware, while waiting for medical help, gave an inspiring speech. So he wanted to awaken his teammates the will to win. Who knows whether it helped or athletic ability of the basketball players, but “Louisville” has won with the devastating account.

Mick Foley

Star wrestling was lost during the battle two-thirds of the ear. It happened in the battle with Vader in 1994. Fight after such injury has not been stopped: the judge just took off the ear ring remains, and the battle continued.

Jamie Graham

The player has received a severe injury during a brazen admission, when he knocked the opponent off his feet. A closed fracture was of such force that the knee Jamie arched in different directions, as if it were on hinges. Spectacle, we say, was not pleasant!

Bare Salming

Swedish hockey player in 1986, has sustained a terrible injury: he stepped on the face of the ridge Gerrard Gallant. The doctors gave him 200 stitches to the wound is properly covered.

Jules Bianchi

The pilot of the Russian team Marussia Jules Bianchi was killed during a race at the circuit “Suzuka”. The Frenchman lost control and crashed into a tow truck that removed the car off the road around earlier. Perhaps this is indicative of the injury that led to death. The story says that there is a need in the sport to be extremely attentive and to observe all security measures.

Allan Ray

While some lose fingers and break bones, Allan ray managed to lose the eye. During a match in 2006, the face of ray ran a hand protector, resulting in eye out. Fortunately, it ended rather quickly and his eyes returned to the previous form. Just two weeks was enough to eyesight returned.

Nodar Kumaritashvili

Georgian Luger faced tragedy head-on. During the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, he flew out of the last turn at the speed about 140 km/h. At the end he flew out of the sleigh outside the trench and fatally hit his head on an iron pole.

Federico Mattiello

The young midfielder of Juventus is remembered not so much for their games in football, how many received a fracture. During a match with the Veronese team Chievo, where he played on loan, he met with the midfielder “Roma” Raja Nainggolan. The latter weighs only 65 kilograms, but even that was enough to Federico received a severe fracture. Because of this he was unable to play until the end of the season.

Irina Skvortsova

In 2009, at the Olympics there was a another tragedy: Irina Skvortsova terribly injured in collision with other bobsledders. The judge gave the men’s team of two athletes start at a red signal at the start. In the end, they crashed in the women’s crew Hopes Filina and Irina Skvortsova, while they have not left the descent. The latter has received a serious trauma: it took more than 50 of the most complicated surgeries and 4 months of intensive treatment.