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MotoGP, OFFICIAL: No fractures or serious trauma for Rossi

The first medical update has been released, slight thoracic and abdominal trauma, more updates to follow at noon on Friday

MotoGP: OFFICIAL: No fractures or serious trauma for Rossi

Yamaha has issued an official announcement after the accident involving Valentino Rossi on the Cavallara motocross track. The clinical prognosis confirms what we had reported initially.

Valentino remained under observation throughout the night and his father Graziano and mother Stefania are at the hospital with him.

This is the official release.

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team rider Valentino Rossi was involved in a motocross training accident at the Cross Club Cavallara in Mondavio (Pesaro Urbino, Italy), on Thursday, May 25th.

The 38-year-old Italian rider was taken to a local hospital for a medical check-up, where he was diagnosed with mild thoracic and abdominal trauma.

No fractures have been detected in any part of the body and no serious traumatic pathologies were found.

A further medical bulletin will be issued on Friday, 26th May, at 12:00 hrs CET.

Translated by Jonathan Blosser

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