Thiago Medina Shows Lasting Effects of Crash That Nearly Killed Him: “This Is What My Ribs Look Like Today”

Nearly a year after a motorcycle crash that left him in intensive care for 28 days, Thiago Medina has shown the metal implants in his chest. The former Gran Hermano contestant shared an X-ray after feeling pain while playing football.

Medina suffered the crash on September 12, 2025, while riding in Moreno, Buenos Aires province. The accident led to three surgical procedures. Although he has kept a low profile in the media, he remains active on Instagram, where he has 1.6 million followers.

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The screws you can see are the prostheses they put in.

In a video posted to his Instagram story, Medina showed an image of his chest on a computer monitor. The X-ray displayed his lungs, spine and part of the rib cage, along with several metal pieces on the left side of his chest. They included small aligned screws and a longer piece of material placed during one of his surgeries.

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This is what my ribs look like today.

“The screws you can see are the prostheses they put in,” Medina explained. He then wrote, “This is what my ribs look like today,” adding a red-heart emoji and a flexed-arm emoji to express his pride at having survived the crash.

He said he sought the new X-ray after feeling discomfort while playing football, although he had not been hit. “I went for a checkup because when I was playing, even though I didn’t get hit or anything, I must have strained myself and it started hurting,” he said. Medina added that his ribs were fine, that everything around the sternum was healthy and that the areas affected by the accident were recovering.

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I went for a checkup because when I was playing, even though I didn’t get hit or anything, I must have strained myself and it started hurting.