Suzuki Ecstar's Alex Rins has suffered a fracture to his right-ankle during a training accident according to his team.
The MotoGP rider underwent tests at the University Hospital Dexeus in Barcelona on Thursday after falling from his Suzuki RM-Z motocross bike.
Rins was diagnosed with a small fracture in the talus bone of his right ankle.
"The doctors who evaluated the Spanish rider, led by Dr. Xavier Mir, Head of the Hand Unit, a top Orthopedic Surgeon, and Coordinator of the MotoGP Traumatology Service, and Eugenio Gimeno, Head of the foot Unit Hospital Quiron-Dexeus, concluded after a CT scan that Rins had a partial fracture of the right talus, without displacement, but with bone edema," confirmed a statement.
It's not yet known whether Rins will be fit to take part in the next round of the MotoGP season, which takes place in Argentina in just over a week.
Further news on his fitness will be released on Monday pending further examination.
"After consulting with his colleagues in the Department of Traumatology, the medical team has decided to carry out non-surgical treatment with magnetotherapy and physiotherapy, and they will examine the rider next Monday in the same clinic for a check-up before traveling to Argentina."
Rins finished ninth in the opening race of the season inb Qatar last weekend.
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