From SlowTwitch.com

Rising triathlon star and 2016 Olympic hopeful Lukas Verzbicas was seriously injured Tuesday in a bike crash outside Colorado Springs and was scheduled to undergo an operation today on his back, according to reports in the Denver Post and USA Today.

Competitor Magazine co-founder Bob Babbitt tweeted yesterday that he has talked with Verzbicas’ mother, who told him that her son was in intensive care and “has a broken   collarbone, blood in his lungs, and will have surgery on his back” Wednesday August 1.

A media relations spokesman at Penrose-St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs said today that the 19-year-old had been admitted and was in serious condition. The spokesman said that the hospital was prohibited by law from releasing further information until Verzbicas or his family gave their consent.

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(Photo, USA Triathlon)