Sydney to Gold Coast - Injured sailor being treated at Sydney hospital



3:46 AM Sun 1 Aug 2010 GMT
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Sydney to Gold Coast Race 2010 - Wild Oats XI's bowman Tim Wiseman is this morning at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney awaiting surgery on his index finger which was injured yesterday afternoon four hours after the start of the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. After having x-rays last night at John Hunter Hospital at Newcastle, Wiseman was driven to Sydney where he has arranged for hand surgeon Tony Beard to operate shortly. The x-rays showed there are no fractures or breaks to the index finger, which is intact but damaged, and middle finger, which was also ...


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by Lisa Ratcliff




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