No Bromo for the duo.
Mahdy and Manu were not there on Thursday evening to climb this volcano in Java.
“As you know, Mahdy was complaining of pain in his foot.
He must undergo surgery in France without delay
,” announced Stéphane Rotenberg at the start of the third episode
“Beijing Express”
.
Mahdy had already had to abandon along the way, in the previous episode, the ascent of another volcano on the island where season 18 of the adventure game is filmed.
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“
I’m disgusted, my adventure is over.
I would have liked to go further
,” comments the person concerned.
He gave more details about his health concerns to
Télé-Loisirs
.
“My leg was on fire and I couldn't feel my foot anymore, it was going numb.
So I had to stop.
I had an embolism on the bottom of my foot.
It was no longer irrigated with blood which made my foot tingle.”
Doctor's diagnosis: two blocked arteries.
The departure of the duo leads, according to the rules in force, to the return of the one previously eliminated during the game. Flavie and Jérémy, two Swiss friends, thus make their return to the competition after having left it with some disappointment on Thursday February 15 .
This is not the first abandonment this season.
From the first episode, the Belgians Brandon and Nathan withdrew shortly after leaving the city of Bali.
The raft ordeal had left them exhausted.