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Australia’s Dawson on amputation: ‘Little less finger to worry about’

Australian field hockey athlete Matt Dawson speaks after opting for partial finger amputation.
Australian field hockey athlete Matt Dawson speaks after opting for partial finger amputation.

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30-year-old Australian field hockey player Matthew Dawson broke his finger in training earlier this month and faced an operation that would’ve sidelined him from the Olympics as part of a four to six-month recovery. He chose a shorter-term fix: the partial amputation of a finger.

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