Marc Marquez to miss MotoGP season finale in Valencia

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez will miss this weekend’s season finale in Valencia and Jerez test due to suffering from vision problems following his recent training accident.
Marc Marquez, MotoGP race, Emilia-Romagna MotoGP 24 October 2021
Marc Marquez, MotoGP race, Emilia-Romagna MotoGP 24 October 2021
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Marc Marquez will miss this weekend’s Valencia MotoGP and Jere🐲z test due to suffering from vision pro🧸blems following his recent off-road training accident. 

Marquez, who suffered the accident te🍌n days ago, continued to experience symptoms leading into the Algarve MotoGP before ♛eventually being ruled out. 

Marquez was then re-examined by doctors this past Monday which led to a ‘new episode of dipಞlopia’ being found - diplopia is a result of double vision, the same issue Marquez faced&nb♎sp;in 2011 - thus leading to the Spaniard missing out this weekend. 

A statement from Repsol Honda said: “The Repsol Honda Team rider will not partic𝓀ipate in the Valencia Grand Prix this coming weekend, nor in the IRTA Jerez Test scheduled 𒈔for November 18 and 19.

“After Marc Marquez underwent a medical examination at the Dexeus Clinic in Barcelona last Tuesday, in which he was evaluated after a fall while practicing off-road, the rider has been resting all week a🧸t his home in Cervera.

“During these days of rest, Marc has continued to feel unwell and has suffered from vision problems, which is why this Monday he was visꩲited by the ophthalmologist Dr. Sánchez Dalmau at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, who examined him and performed the tests, which detected a new episode of diplopia.

A statement from Doctor Sanchez Dalmau also said: “The examination carried out on Marc Marquez today after the accident that occurred has confirmed that the rider has diplopia and has revealed a paralysis of the fourth right nerve with involvement of the right superior oblique muscle. A conservative treatment with periodic updates has been ch꧟osen to follow with the clinical evolution. This fourth right nerve is the one that was already injured in 2011.”

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