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Nicky Hayden had successful surgery on a detached medial collateral ligament (MCL) of the right knee. The surgery was carried out by Dr. David Chao at the Oasis Surgery Center in San Diego, California, at 7am local time (GMT -8) today, Wednesday the 23rd November. The Honda WorldSBK Team rider twisted his knee last Friday during a flat-track training session near Barcelona in Spain.

"Unfortunately, I injured my knee between the two private tests of Aragón and Jerez," said Hayden. "I had a chance to do some flat-track training during my days off on a small, second-gear, track but I caught my foot awkwardly in a bit of a rut and twisted my knee around. Luckily, I didn’t crash nor hurt anything else on my body, but I knew straight away that something was wrong with my knee. It turned out that I had a tear to the MCL so, after consulting with some doctors back in the US, I had an operation today to fix it. I will rest for a few days but it looks like I’m going to start rehab very soon and I will follow the doctor’s instructions very closely. Injuries are never good, but luckily I have a bit of time now before the new season comes around. I want to thank Dr. Chao and his staff; I will now spend some days testing and then tackle the rehab in order to jump on the new bike as soon as possible!"