Olympic Hero Annalise Suffers Broken Nose in Bike Accident

26th March 2013

#brokennose – #London Olympic sailor Annalise Murphy (23) has broken her nose after crashing into a parked car. Fortunately Annalise is not intending to race in Palma at the second leg of the ISAF World Cup due to start next week on April 1. She tweeted this afternoon 'Did something rather stupid this morning... crashed my bike into the back of a parked car'.

The tweet was followed by a second with picture caption: 'Was very well looked after by an ambulance crew and luckily it turns out I only broke my nose'

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