‘No quitter’: Daniel Sanders to continue Dakar Rally despite breaking bones

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Source: theguardian.com
‘No quitter’: Daniel Sanders to continue Dakar Rally despite breaking bones
  • Defending motorbike champion breaks collarbone and sternum

  • Australian drops from first to fourth overall after crash on dunes

Australian world champion Daniel Sanders has vowed to battle on with a broken collarbone and sternum, despite the crash ending his dream of becoming back-to-back Dakar Rally motorbike champion.

Regardless of the pain that awaits him over the final three days in the Saudi Arabian desert, the reigning Dakar and world rally-raid motorcycle champ is adamant he will fight on to the end of the sport’s most celebrated and gruelling race on Saturday.

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