FILE PHOTO: Luge – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men’s Singles competition – Olympic Sliding Centre - Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 10, 2018 - Mateusz Sochowicz of Poland competes. REUTERS/Edgar Su
(Reuters) -Beijing 2022 organisers and luge officials opened an investigation after Polish slider Mateusz Sochowicz hit a closed barrier that should have been open during a training session on the Olympic track.
The Polish Toboggan Sports Association said Sochowicz had successful surgery after fracturing his left kneecap and cutting his right leg to the bone in the accident on Monday at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre.
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