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BRISBANE, Australia — Former Australian swimming great and four-time Olympic gold medalist Dawn Fraser is recovering in a hospital after she fell and sustained a broken hip and four broken ribs. The 87-year-old Fraser is convalescing north of Brisbane after the "scary" incident last week that initially prompted fears she had suffered internal bleeding. Fraser had been recovering from recent eye surgery and tripped on the edge of the newly renovated driveway and landed hard on the ground. She later underwent full hip replacement surgery. Her daughter, Dawn-Lorraine Fraser, told media on Wednesday that Fraser was doing "so much better" but was "not out of the woods yet."
