{"id":797569,"date":"2026-10-10T00:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797569\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T00:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:58:09","slug":"young-uscx-champion-tofik-beshir-in-icu-at-tennessee-hospital-after-head-on-crash-on-gravel-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797569\/","title":{"rendered":"Young USCX champion Tofik Beshir in ICU at Tennessee hospital after ‘head-on crash’ on gravel ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young cyclocross star Tofik Beshir (CXD Trek Bikes) was involved in a “head-on crash” while riding his bike on a gravel road Thursday in the vicinity of Lees-McRae College in western North Carolina. He was taken to the hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he remains in the ICU.<\/p>\n

According to a GoFundMe page<\/a>, the 19-year-old sustained “injuries consistent with brain shear trauma”. His parents were with him.<\/p>\n

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“He is not conscious yet, and there are still a lot of unknowns. Healing thoughts and prayers are what he needs right now. I will update his status as we learn more,” the statement read on the crowdfunding page.<\/p>\n

Beshir grew up in Arlington, Virginia, his parents both from Ethiopia. This fall, he moved to Banner Elk, North Carolina, where he is a freshman at Lees-McRae College and competes as a multi-discipline rider on their cycling team.<\/p>\n

He competed in the elite races at the US Cyclocross Series in September and early October, where he won five of the six races<\/a>, two of them C1, and secured the USCX series title.<\/p>\n

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As of Friday afternoon, the GoFundMe page had raised $17,7732 with a goal of $200,000 for his medical care.<\/p>\n

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