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Alphand has surgery following accident

Associated Press

Monday, June 29, 2009

GRENOBLE, France -- Former French ski champion Luc Alphand has undergone spinal surgery following a weekend accident in a motorcycle race. Alphand's managers, GPS Performance, said Monday that Alphand damaged his spinal column and was operated on in the southern French city of Clermont-Ferrand. He was flown by helicopter to a hospital after the accident Sunday during the Rand'Auvergne all-terrain motorcycle race. Alphand was a World Cup downhill champion for three consecutive years starting i ...

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