Michal Stark: health update

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Michal is in the care of doctors at Motol hospital in Prague. After an x-ray and CT scan it was confirmed by Dr Jan Kyrl that he had suffered a broken right shoulder blade and broken three ribs. Luckily there was no fracture to the stump or other injuries, except for some bruising.

Fortunately Michal can now be looked after at home by his three girls.

Michal would like to thank the excellent, professional work of the paramedics, the police and the casualty department at Motol.

His wife would like to give a big thank you to the locals who gave him support at the scene and who took photographs of the incident, as well as to Michal Stanko for his support and transport from Motol.

Paralympic cyclist Michal Stark hit by careless driver

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The great dream of winning a medal at the Para-cycling World Championships road race in Denmark was ended on Friday 26th August.

National team cyclist Michal Stark was involved in a collision when a car driver failed to stop at a junction. Michal survived, but suffered three broken ribs and a broken shoulder blade. To make it worse, he has a bruised leg stump which means he cannot use his prosthesis or crutches.











Michal is in the care of national cycling team doctors at Motol hospital in Prague. Recovery will not be easy and is estimated to take two months. Starting in the World Championships in Roskilde is out of the question.

Michal was riding his new Apache road bike, which he had for just two weeks in preparation for the World Championships. The bike was completely wrecked.


The accident is being investigated by the Czech police. The case is very sad - the car driver had no licence and, apparently, had been banned from driving for health reasons four years ago.