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Prado Injury Update

Prado Injury Update

Feb 15

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Four-time world champion Jorge Prado continued his impressive pace in Seattle, setting the fastest overall qualifying time for the second-consecutive week with a 50.600-second lap — nearly half a second clear of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing teammate Eli Tomac.

An incident late in the second 450SX qualifying session, however, ultimately sidelined the 25-year-old for the remainder of the night program. After attempting to line up for Heat 2, Prado withdrew from Round 6 and will undergo further medical evaluation this week.

Prado looked like he was about to put in a heater with about three minutes in, but he made a big mistake when he got bucked in a section of three small jumps and went over the bars right into a berm.

His bike chased him down and flopped over on top of him and a red flag quickly came out. Prado was able to get back up under his own power, and he looked okay, but he did leave the stadium sitting in the back of an Alpinestars Medical Mule. He was holding his right shoulder/collarbone

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