It’s a miracle he’s competing. More than 7 months ago, Kevin Benavides He had a serious accident during training where he hit his head and broke his left arm. He fell into a coma and even thought that he would never come out of it. But in the end, he not only recovered, but he also did the impossible: compete with Dakar 2025. The Argentine pilot fought everything but in the end he had to leave the rest day, as announced by official KTM set in bivouac Hail.
The pilot of Jump up (Argentina) recovered from the blow to the head, but he had severe scars on his left arm. He suffered a “diffuse damage action”, as explained in MD this Friday before announcing his retirement. The Argentine showed this newspaper the complications with which he managed to overcome the 2,400 km clocked until reaching the rest day. Kevin overcame a very difficult route, suffered a lot on the motorcycle, and he managed it even without strength in his right arm, without closing his hand, as he showed in this newspaper. I can’t even lift my arm.something even more incredible that he did not give up earlier after accelerating on a motorcycle at 140 km/h through the desert. An outrage.
“I can’t lift my fingers, close my hand, or straighten my elbow… limitations I have when riding a motorcycle. And the clutch is difficult for me, because I put one finger, but if I want to put two I have to change the position of the hand, and the truth is that what I have to do is a mess. I put in a lot of experience as a pilot, I compensate for the rest of the body, with a lot of use of the right arm, leg, core, but it’s not easy to pilot in these conditions, especially when the terrain seems soft which is sand and rocks, places where I need a lot of strength. “I can’t have it and it changes my driving,” he commented.
So, Kevin He has to make the right decision. There is no point in continuing. He already proved too much by reaching the Dakar after such a serious injury.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
