Juris Sics already feels "much better"
Riga (pps) Three weeks after his serious car accident Juris Sics already feels „much better“. The 28-year old, 2010 Olympic silver medallist in Vancouver together with his younger brother Andris, had to undergo two surgeries. But according to his own words he is already on the mend again.
On May 18, Sics had suffered a hip fracture, a pelvic bone fracture as well as a clavicle fracture. “I’m optimistic I’ll be able to stand up again in a few month’s time and to start thinking about my sport”, explained the Latvian in Riga.
At the 2011 World Championships in Cesana, Italy, the two Latvian brothers took the bronze medal in the doubles’. Additionally Sics-Sics were on the Latvian team that captured the 2008 and 2010 European Championship title in the Team Relay. At the 2008 Worlds in Oberhof, Sics-Sics captured bronze with Lativa’s team in the Team Relay.