By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
A 17-year-old swimmer was seriously injured on the final day of the Argentine Championships after a scary collision during the warm-up.
Matías Bottoni dove into the warm-up pool and collided with another swimmer, resulting in him fracturing his cervical vertebrae and leaving him unable to move his arms or legs.
Bottoni was scheduled to go into emergency surgery on Monday and a fundraiser has been set up to help his family pay for the medical expenses.
Reports are that the procedure and recovery will cost 60 million pesos, which is just over $3 million USD.
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