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When Will He Return? | Debate Night Clips

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Debate Night Clips: When Will He Return? Watch as experts dive into the world of distance and discuss a crucial player's performance in the highly anticipated tournament. The conversation touches on Gavin Rathbun's recent struggles, including his surprising decision to power through with chronic pain after suffering an injury that left him unable to walk. Rathbun opens up about the fateful encounter with a dog that led to his shoulder surgery and how it affected his game. Additionally, viewers can catch a glimpse of Gavin's impressive distance throws, which are hampered by his ongoing discomfort. With intimate moments from Ace Run Productions' filming crew providing insight into the behind-the-scenes drama, this debate offers an in-depth analysis of one of the sport's top players and their journey back to competition.

Watch top disc golfers debate if [Player 1] will return in the Foundation Disc Golf tournament: intense discussion unfolds.

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Video Transcript

The Last Story I do want to say from New World though is uh uh Gavin Rathbun yeah he I don't know if the story's been out or people know what happened but he ended up dnfing he was on my card if you go and watch I guess Ace Run Productions was filming out there so you can go and watch and play the first uh first nine I had talked to him going into the second round because he had like a big sleeve on his right arm and I was like thinking because I knew he had like I want to say he had like shoulder surgery or something like that in the off season and so I was like I was you know I asked him about it like is that something that has to do with that yeah he's like no I got into like a I got into like a a cat dog fight so essentially I believe he has a cat and there was a dog that was loose that they ended up getting in a fight and he went to try to break it up and you know came away not that great obviously in that scenario and so he was having some real real issues the final round to the point where I mean like Gavin rips he can throw I mean he's he's probably top I mean he's definitely one of the top guys on tour in distance and he was not throwing very far fast you could see it every single time he threw he was in pain right after he threw he was going through a lot of pain that round so um he you know after nine holes he's like I'm I'm tapping out I'm out so I was surprised he even went that far I thought maybe after four or five holes he was gonna be like guys is enough but he tried to power through as far as long as he could you wonder too like is that did he do that because he was on coverage right because there was cameras out there you know is that one of those where he was trying to just power through and and not um you know not just kind of say Deuces with to the filming crew I you know I think he was I I...

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