{"id":277963,"date":"2023-03-13T23:21:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T00:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=277963"},"modified":"2023-03-14T04:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T04:59:39","slug":"rowing-champion-in-coma-after-serious-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=277963","title":{"rendered":"Rowing champion in coma after &#039;serious accident&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight-time Australian <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rowing\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"rowing\">rowing<\/a> national champion Georgia Nesbitt has been hospitalised after suffering serious injuries during a cycling event, Rowing Australia has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Nesbitt, 30, suffered her injuries during a criterium race in Tasmania before being transported to hospital from the event and has been placed in an induced coma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-newcastle-knights-co-captain-kalyn-ponga-latest-concussion-leads-to-phil-gould-question\/2b14ac81-afeb-4be1-b897-cb7f6e8fba43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NRL &#x27;obsession&#x27; puts star&#x27;s career in &#x27;jeopardy&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: \ufeff<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/india-v-australia-fourth-test-2023-delhi-regrets-after-series-loss-steve-smith\/9a5011ae-15f5-4fa2-905f-84ab71dcf243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Aussies rue &#x27;hour of madness&#x27; that cost series<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: \ufeff<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/news-2023-sydney-swans-coach-john-longmire-plays-down-expectations-surrounding-lance-franklin\/557cc58e-fc00-4f6e-8876-f6e7f658dd0e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Warning ahead of &#x27;extraordinary&#x27; Buddy farewell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rowing Australia Chief Executive Ian Robson said the rowing community is rallying around Nesbitt and her family.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"6c579209-f392-44e6-a5ef-0225c44b3d75\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/6c579209-f392-44e6-a5ef-0225c44b3d75\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4333\" data-height=\"2437\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Georgia is one of the most-respected athletes in Australian rowing. The entire rowing family and wider sports community is thinking of Georgia and her family in the wake of this serious accident,&quot; Robson said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Rowing Australia offers its ongoing support and assistance to Georgia&#x27;s family during this most testing of time. They are foremost in our thoughts.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"626aca88-9f71-4ef7-aac1-cd9aec83b7b3\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/626aca88-9f71-4ef7-aac1-cd9aec83b7b3\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"5472\" data-height=\"3648\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nesbitt represented Australia ten times, including a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>She was recently appointed to the board of Rowing Tasmania.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Eight-time Australian rowing national champion Georgia Nesbitt has been hospitalised after suffering serious injuries during a cycling event, Rowing Australia has confirmed. Nesbitt, 30, suffered <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=277963\" title=\"Rowing champion in coma after &#039;serious accident&#039;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277965,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277963\/revisions\/277965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}