AUSTRALIAN ATHLETE HAS FINGER AMPUTATED SO HE CAN PLAY IN THE OLYMPICS

Australian Matt Dawson, a previous Olympic silver medalist in field hockey for his country, suffered an injury which left the ring finger on his right hand broken. If he waited for his finger to heal, he would not be able to play at the Olympics next week. The other option: amputate part of his finger in order to be able to join his teammates. That’s what he did. Dawson said, “I made the decision then I called my wife and she said ‘I don’t want you to make a rash decision.’ But I guess I had all the information I needed to make a decision for not only playing in Paris, but for life after and giving myself the best health.”
* Don’t explain it to us, pal, it’s your wife you gotta live with.
* “It’s just my wedding ring finger, honey, I don’t need that.”
* He’s giving too much of himself for the game.
* When he’s in Paris lying on a cardboard bed in athlete housing without air conditioning waiting to play a game to see which team comes in sixth, maybe he’ll rethink that decision.