"During the second round, I realised my opponent was being extremely rough, and I was caught off guard when, out of nowhere, my opponent grabbed my neck and threw me to the side,"
"I remember hearing the loud clear pop and crunch of my knee, seeing my leg bent sideways and outwards and my tibia out of its socket."
"fighting so hard not to vomit from the pain and black out."
"The MC proceeded to announce my opponent as 'undefeated champion' and celebrate them while I was on the ground curled up in pain screaming for help,"
Daniel Lopez, a trans man and Oregon special educational needs teacher, suffered a severe knee injury during a T-Boy Wrestling event on 10 October. He alleges his opponent executed a botched scoop slam that dislocated his tibia and left his knee bent outward, causing immediate inability to move his toes and intense pain. Lopez reports delayed medical response, a celebratory announcement for his opponent while he lay injured, and unsupportive communications from the opponent. He says organisers offered no support and that medical bills are accumulating. He calls the incident a significant safeguarding failure requiring correction.
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