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FEATURE “I then progressed with physio and could eventually walk on it again.” Although ruinous to the point where it still affects his daily life, the most painful part of the experience for Watson was the arduous trip back from South America. “When I first did it they put the cast straight on,” he describes. “We thought I’d just broken metatarsals but getting to the Grand Prix in Argentina means three flights and one of those is fourteen hours so my whole foot was just swelling up in this cast on the way back. If they had seen the navicular break – I still don’t understand how they missed it - then I think I would have had a different cast or they wouldn’t have let me fly home so early. I remember on the plane my Dad took his car keys and run one up and down the cast until we had a line and we split it open because I was in absolutely agony. As soon as we had some relief in the cast then it was like freedom.” Like most youngsters faced with a sudden and dramatic jolt to their everyday life and routine, Watson had to balance the mental demands of rehab as much as the physical discomfort. “I had broken my collarbone before, but this was my first ‘real’ injury and the first time where I’d been more than two weeks off the bike,” he explains. “I didn’t really know what life was like without motocross and being able to ride 3-4 times a week. Just sitting on the sofa and not being able to move much for all that time was the toughest part…but it was also nice -with hindsight - because it made me realise and appreciate what I normally have.” Watson recovered to become one of the stars of the MX2 class. He celebrated his first podium result in 2018, finishing 4th in the world, but was dealt a double-injury blow in 2019. 2020 represents his final term on the 250 and where he is expected to be one of the protagonists for the final top three positions in the standings. He’ll be challenging for more trophies, in spite of the still-deformed left foot. “It still gives me quite a lot of trouble on a daily basis now,” he reveals. “I cannot go running and if I have to run for some reason then I will feel it later that night. I still have metalwork in there. The broke can also be stress fractured and the ligaments aren’t great. So, any intense work means I can cause more damage. With my training I try to stay away from anything too heavy for my foot. With a motocross boot I don’t feel anything – even on big jump landings - I don’t notice anything different compared to before the accident. I’m lucky with that.” “Overall it does bring some realisation to how dangerous the sport can be…but we all know that.”
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