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Olympic champion injured in motorcycle crash

Olympic champion injured in motorcycle crash

Greek Olympic medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics Tasos Boudouris was in stable but critical condition on Tuesday after a motorcycle accident.

The 65-year-old sailing champion was in an intensive care unit in a Piraeus hospital with head and chest injuries after his motorcycle rammed into a car being driven by Nikos Gemelos, the Olympic coach of swimming champion Spyros Gianniotis, on a seaside avenue in southern Athens on Monday evening.

He is a three-time world champion in different sailing categories and has participated in six Olympic Games.

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