The abandonment of Biniam Girmay before the eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia after the blow that occurred in the eye when uncorking the bottle of champagne with which he celebrated his stage victory in Jesi is the latest in the long list of athletes who have been absurdly injured.
One of the most remembered injuries is the one suffered by the then Valencia goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares, who dropped a bottle of cologne that cut a tendon in his foot and that left him without going to the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002.
The Argentine soccer player also suffered a serious injury Ever Banega, who tried to stop the car with his foot when it went away by not applying the handbrake and who fractured his tibia and fibula by passing the wheel over it in February 2012.
Another of the absurd injuries that also drew attention was that of the Brazilian footballer Douglas, who suffered a gluteal injury while sleeping on the bus while returning with the Sporting expedition of a match in Vigo in 2016.
The injury suffered by Zion Williamson during a game with Duke in the NCAA also went around the world. Williamson suffered a knee injury after his Nike shoe broke mid-match.
In addition to what happened with Girmay, cycling also sneaks into this list of absurd injuries with the figure of Mark Cavendish, who in 2008 suffered a muscle injury while snowboarding while playing the Wii.
One of the most lurid injuries occurred in 2004, when the Swiss midfielder Paulo Diogo celebrated a goal with the Servette fans during a game and lost a finger when his wedding ring got caught on the fence of the stands. Absurd injuries that are already part of the history of sport.
