Masked Up on the Ice: Why the Hockey Player?
Ubaldo Mueller
2025-05-03 10:02:22
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He has done so ever since suffering an utterly horrific accident during qualifying for the Tokyo Games, when he was struck in the head by a teammate’s shot on goal during GB’s match with Malaysia on 3 November 2019. Hockey balls can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour and Ward was caught in the side of the head just above his left eye by the wayward snapshot, the resulting injury leaving him with seven or eight fractures to his face and a torn retina, resulting in the permanent loss of central vision from his left eye.
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