Matt Dawson: Australian Amputates Part of Finger to Compete in Olympics

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In the run-up to the Olympic Games in ParisAthletes have intensified their preparations to maintain their competitive edge.

But for Australian Matt Dawson, preparations looked a little different this year: the hockey player decided to have part of his finger amputated in order to participate in the Games.

Dawson, 30, injured the ring finger on his right hand after being hit by a hockey stick during a practice match, just two weeks before he was due to represent the Kookaburras in Paris, his third Olympic appearance.

The blow almost completely tore off the tip of his finger, leaving his Olympic dream hanging in the balance.

“It was quite serious, the injury to the finger. When people around you see it and don't say anything, you know it's quite serious,” he explained to CNN Sport from Paris ahead of the Games.

Things moved pretty quickly. And the only thing I remember was someone saying, We need to go to a plastic surgeon.

The impact on his finger was so great that the surgeon said he was very lucky to be able to hold on, he adds.

The two-time Olympian was given two options: surgeons could attempt to reconstruct his finger by inserting a wire into it, which would mean he would have to take four to six months off to fully recover and miss the Olympics, or they could remove the affected part of the finger.

Dawson, who was part of the national team that won a silver medal in Tokyo in 2020, opted for the latter and amputated the affected part of his finger to ensure he would have another shot at Olympic glory.

On July 27, he will play with the Kookaburras against Argentina, just nine days after he was injured.

“It's clearly given me the best chance and the best opportunity to play here. If I hadn't taken that action, I wouldn't be here,” Dawson says of his surgery, which he says has given him the best prospects for life.

I'm very happy that I still have so many fingers, he adds.

The last two weeks have been a rollercoaster of emotions where I didn't really know. I was going to my third Olympics and initially thought that would be taken away from me.

But then it all came back pretty quickly. And now I think I'm in the best position to be here, just 48 hours after our first game, which is really exciting.

“I'm just looking forward to the opportunity to, I think this group is building something really special. We were pretty close in Tokyo. And I think there's a burning desire and drive within the group to keep pushing ourselves and win that elusive title,” he added.

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