(Reuters) - Australia's Olympic BMX hopeful Kai Sakakibara has been placed in a medically-induced coma after sustaining head injuries in a race at the weekend, his family said in a statement https://www.australiancyclingteam.com/news/a-message-regarding-kai-sakakibara-from-his-family-martin-yuki-and-saya on Wednesday.
Sakakibara fell during his opening-round heat at a World Cup event in Bathurst on Saturday and was treated by paramedics and a doctor before being airlifted to Canberra Hospital.
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