After being evaluated by the medical team, Bruce was forced to exit the game. James is regarded as one of the physically strongest contestants ever to compete and became one of the most popular contestants to date during his run in China. There was so much more going on with Neal Gottlieb's medical evacuation from Survivor that we didn't see on TV. It's Survivor. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Friday, January 6 update Conner has been ruled out for the season finale. Another Survivor Oz Top Ten is coming your way today as Irish Ozlet, Alan Flockhart, counts down the ten most serious injuries to come out of Survivor. Menu. After suffering what turned out to be a torn anterior cruciate ligament in last week's reward challenge on Survivor, James Clement seemed like a dead man walking. Find out what he has to say about his tribe, his knee injury and the bullying. In the first round, James Clement is knocked down and can't stand because of his knee. There's more ways to help than to just be physical all the time. At best, its a four-four tug of war at Naviti beach; in reality, it will almost certainly be much more complicated should they return to Tribal Council. There was only one person playing or the game went off. Jims bicep and Amys ankle, both in Guatemala. In both cases, the tribes were split with the exact same majority: five original Naviti against five original Malolo. 19th place: Jacob Derwin The Amazing Race Couples: Where are they now? The running back might not play . Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS. It is the morning of day 25 in China, and James has a little surprise he would like to share with everyone As usual, he is the only one awake Even the monkeys are asleep Lazy asses Looks like it is time for James to bring a bright ray of sunshine to everyone So he walks over to the shelter. I think that Bruce in Panama, Mike in Samoa, and even Shamar (after listening to your interview) definitely were more serious than Tyson, Stephenie, and Rupert. They occur when the knee is overextended, or moved in a way it shouldn't naturally move and the ligaments are unable to support the movement. But I did start to see her game and it was strong. MorganRicke Since Survivor premiered in 2000, there have been several players who had to exit the game due to a medical evacuation and James Clement saw his luck run out last week, when he was voted off his 'Heroes' tribe on Survivor All Stars. You get to live in the jungle and have a chance at a million dollars. They deduced that the infection could spread across his body . BradleyKleihege It made me say though, "Honestly, I lost the race. Excerpt about the 1980 Hall of Fame inductee from Wikipedia | Jim Otto punished his body greatly during his NFL career, resulting in nearly 74 surgeries, including 28 knee operations (nine of them during his playing career alone . While he appeared fine at first, the team of onsite doctors discovered the injury had become infected several days later. // -->, ,