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07-28-2016, 11:43 AM
Professional s**oker player manages to win game despite bizarre thumb injury
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A worm bite almost cost English-**rwegian professional s**oker player Kurt Maflin a spot in the Hangteng Autos World Open that is currently being held in Yushan, China.
SEE ALSO: Savage moth attacks Cristia** Ronaldo after he suffers knee injury (http://mashable.com/2016/07/10/cristia**-ronaldo-moth-memes/)
Maflin, who is ranked number 50 in the world, tweeted a pic on Tuesday that he woke up to a "mosquito bite" on his thumb that felt like it "is going to explode."
After a visit to a local hospital, Maflin found out that he was actually bitten by a worm instead.
According to South China Morning Post, Maflin initially considered pulling out from playing China's Xiao Guodong on Wednesday but went on with the match (http://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1995954/worm-turned-london-born-**rwegian-kurt-maflin-bitten-thumb-world-open?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=SCMPSocialNewsfeed) when the swelling subsided the morning of the competition. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/kurt-maflin-bizarre-injury/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A worm bite almost cost English-**rwegian professional s**oker player Kurt Maflin a spot in the Hangteng Autos World Open that is currently being held in Yushan, China.
SEE ALSO: Savage moth attacks Cristia** Ronaldo after he suffers knee injury (http://mashable.com/2016/07/10/cristia**-ronaldo-moth-memes/)
Maflin, who is ranked number 50 in the world, tweeted a pic on Tuesday that he woke up to a "mosquito bite" on his thumb that felt like it "is going to explode."
After a visit to a local hospital, Maflin found out that he was actually bitten by a worm instead.
According to South China Morning Post, Maflin initially considered pulling out from playing China's Xiao Guodong on Wednesday but went on with the match (http://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1995954/worm-turned-london-born-**rwegian-kurt-maflin-bitten-thumb-world-open?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=SCMPSocialNewsfeed) when the swelling subsided the morning of the competition. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/kurt-maflin-bizarre-injury/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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