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World Cup basketball player has his kidney removed after committing a foul
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Borisa Simanic (right) experienced hell at the Basketball World Cup in Manila – a kidney had to be removed from the Serb
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Serbia’s game at the Basketball World Cup against South Sudan has long been decided when a momentous scene occurs. Borisa Simanic is badly fouled. A few days later, a kidney had to be removed.
The last game of the preliminary round was decided long ago. Serbia led 106-78 against South Sudan with two minutes to play last Wednesday at the Basketball World Cup when Nuni Omot beat his opponent Borisa Simanic under the basket and scored for South Sudan. During the action, Omot deliberately rammed his elbow into the Serb’s kidney area with full force. Simanic went down and couldn’t continue playing.
Simanic was first treated indoors and then taken to a hospital in the Philippine capital, Manila. The injury was worse than expected, and the 25-year-old underwent surgery the night after the game. There were complications during the operation.
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The professional from the Spanish club Basket Saragossa was bleeding profusely, Serbian head coach Svetislav Pesic later said, and it was difficult to get the blood Simanic needed. The Serbian federation initially announced that the kidney and all of its functions had been preserved.
Omot apologizes
But after the procedure, problems were discovered that made another operation necessary. The Serbian Basketball Federation announced on Monday that a kidney had to be removed in a second operation Simanic. “We expect and wish that the postoperative course will run smoothly after this operation,” said the Serbian team doctor Dragan Radovanovic in a statement distributed by the association on platform X, formerly Twitter.
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Opponent Omot publicly apologized. “I heard he ended up going to the hospital. I would like to apologize. I hope you get well soon. I pray for you. I’m not a dirty player, I’ve never been a dirty player. I sincerely and wholeheartedly apologize to all spectators and especially to the player,” Omot said.
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Serbia meets Lithuania in the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday (10:45 a.m., live on MagentaSport).
