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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dubbed \\u00bfminimally invasive surgery\\u00bf by Ferry\\u00bfs doc.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANAHEIM&lt;\\/b&gt;, Calif., (Jan. 26, 2005) \\u00bf With less than 100-percent ability to grasp the handlebars, Tim Ferry has been struggling since his wreck at Anaheim 1 \\u00bf with pain and results \\u00bf and has opted for wrist surgery in hopes of alleviating the pain and increasing his grip strength.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Ferry, a former 125 supercross champion (\\u00bf97 ESX) who until recently was a consistent top five racer and always a threat to podium, has finished outside the top ten (12th, 11th) in the two main events he\\u00bfs raced in this year and sits in 14th overall in the 250cc class heading into this weekend\\u00bfs Round Four of the THQ\\/AMA Supercross Series in San Francisco.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00bfThere\\u00bfs no hiding the fact that the last two races I haven\\u00bft put up the results that Yamaha hired me for. \\u00a0I had a lot of problems with my wrist last year and after some time off and being able to train in the off season, I came into Anaheim 1 feeling strong,\\u00bf said Ferry&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00bfBut then I hurt it good at Anaheim 1, so now I\\u00bfm forced to take measures to insure I\\u00bfll be able to race at the competitive level I was at before I injured my wrist.\\u00bf&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Ferry injured his wrist on a finish line jump wreck during a 250cc class heat race. At first considered a sprain, the injury drastically affected the extent to which Ferry can hold on to the handlebars \\u00bf obviously something of the utmost importance to a supercross racer.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00bfI got an MRI and several doctors couldn\\u00bft find anything wrong,\\u00bf said Ferry. \\u00bfBut I knew I wasn\\u00bft imagining the pain, so I went to see Dr. Warren Kramer (Newport Beach, Calif.) and he was able to locate the problem.\\u00bf&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Ferry explained that Dr. Kramer felt, following the successful surgery, there\\u00bfs a very good chance Tim could be back on a bike in just a week or two.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00bfI\\u00bfm confident in him (Dr. Kramer),\\u00bf said Ferry. \\u00bfHe knew right away it was more than a sprain.\\u00bf Ferry, who underwent surgery on Wednesday afternoon,\\u00a0also noted that he won\\u00bft be needing a post-surgery cast and will attend the next supercross round (San Francisco) to sign autographs and meet with the fans.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00bfI\\u00bfll start rehab in Southern California this coming Monday,\\u00bf he added. \\u00bfAnd hopefully back to racing within a few weeks.\\u00bf&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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