Yamalube team's Kingsford reveals existing leg fracture
Spiral fracture of fibula bone sustained between rounds.
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MX2 front-runner Ryder Kingsford managed to complete Toowoomba with a spiral fracture of his leg that was sustained in between rounds, revealing the extent of his injury after salvaging ninth overall on Sunday.
The Yamalube Yamaha Racing team rider went 14-5 for P9 and was able to maintain second in the point-standings with two rounds to run in the Penrite ProMX Championship series this year.
Another victory for red plate-holder Brodie Connolly (Polyflor Honda Racing) saw him extend his advantage to 54 points – in a position to potentially clinch next time out at MX Farm – but the race for second sees Kingsford now two clear of Noah Ferguson (Boost Mobile Honda Racing) and further three ahead of Kayden Minear (KTM Racing Team).
“It was a bit more of a survival day for me,” Kingsford told MotoOnline. “Just had to get through it and try and salvage whatever I could. Obviously, last round I had an incident with Brodie [Connolly], and I had check-ups on the foot and all that – it come back clear, which was good.
“I got back on the bike, started riding again, and about a week later I dabbed my foot in a rut and twisted it and actually spiral fractured my fibula… So that was a bit of a rough time. Didn’t crash, just literally dabbed my foot in a corner and twisted it the wrong way.
“So I got X-rays on that and spoke to surgeons, did everything possible that I can to be here today, just so that I could salvage whatever I could for this championship. Obviously, now Brodie’s got quite a big gap, but they’re still quite a close fight for second.”
Kingsford opted not to undergo surgery on the injury, instead to minimalise risk and allow it to heal naturally in a bid to race-on through the final Queensland rounds of the 2024 season.
“If we weren’t on such a close tight frame, then we could have had surgery on it and been plated,” he added. “But it’s more just whether you can ride and put up with the pain, so yeah, that’s what we did. We got the somewhat okay [to ride] and yeah, rolled up today, just to do whatever we could.”
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