From facing death to a gold medal. A story of Chris Mears.

From facing death to a gold medal. A story of Chris Mears.

Aug 23, 2016

“From escaping the near death and coming this far…. I pretty proud of what I have accomplished” - Mears stated. With only 15 years old he suffered a ruptured spleen while he was training in Sydney for the Youth Olympic Festival.

After losing two liters of blood and his organs starting to shut down he was giving a 5% chance of survival. Upon admission to the hospital doctors told it was likely he would never dive again.

Few days he was on life support. When he finally started feeling better, he was discharged from the hospital but remained in Australia until fit to fly. One morning his family found him on the hotel room floor having a seizure which led to a three-day come.

Even doctors said that he would never dive again, he returned to the Olympics, and won a gold medal. 

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