José Joaquín Rojas in hospital after a heart procedure. Photo: José Joaquín Rojas/Twitter
Spanish sprinter José Joaquín Rojas has posted photographs of himself recovering in hospital after an operation to rectify a heart condition on Wednesday.
Rojas discovered he had the condition during the Movistar team pre-season medical checks, and it was confirmed that he had Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The condition can lead to tachycardia - an abnormally fast heart rate for periods of time.
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