Von Hoff overcomes broken vertebrae to win Commonwealth Games gold

Steele von Hoff's victory in the Commonwealth Games road race, in an 11-man sprint, was Australia's 14th gold medal of the Games, but the result was made even more remarkable by the 30-year-old's rapid recovery from multiple fractured vertebrae sustained just two months earlier.

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