Top eventer Michael Jung reported today, Sept. 16, that he underwent surgery to repair a broken tibia sustained in his fall from fischerRocana FST at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials CCI**** (Great Britain) on Sept. 3.
“Rocana” slipped and fell in the water between fences 4A and B during the Burghley cross-country, but Jung went on to win the event with La Biosthetique-Sam FBW. He also earned individual and team gold for Germany with fischerTakinou at last weekend’s Longines FEI European Eventing Championships at Blair Castle in Scotland.
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During the surgery, Jung, also an Olympic Games and FEI World Equestrian Games gold medalist, had two screws inserted near his ankle to secure a small chip off his tibia that had been displaced in the fall.
