On March 27, 2021, Hamish Keast, now 23, was warming up for a cycling race in Makarewa.
There was a crash at the finish line and a volunteer firefighter on his way to the scene knocked Mr Keast off his bike when he was overtaking.
He would not be able to compete for several months.
A cyclist following behind crashed into Mr Keast too.
He said a witness saw his bike "flip up" higher than the defendant’s truck.
Last Friday, the defendant, in his 20s, appeared in the Invercargill District Court on two charges of careless driving causing injury.
Judge Catriona Doyle granted him a discharge without conviction and final name suppression.
The man was not disqualified from driving.
As a result of the accident, Mr Keast suffered a broken elbow which required multiple surgeries.
"Initially they weren’t certain that they could actually give him any movement back in that hand," his mother said.
The injuries saw him off his bike for seven months, meaning he was unable to train and therefore unable to join a team.
Now he cycles professionally for a Belgian team, but still has to be careful of his elbow.
Mr Keast and his mother, who did not want to be named, did not feel the defendant deserved a mark on his criminal record, but thought he should have lost his licence and been named.
"At the end of the day, this young man got name suppression, Hamish was never given name suppression ... He was never afforded that luxury," his mother said.
"It just seems to be so upside-down, this whole thing," Mr Keast said.
"It’s just bizarre."
"I’m the one that’s been knocked off the bike and broken my elbow, but it feels like he’s the victim instead," Mr Keast said.
"He’s got away scot-free.
"Nothing’s happened to him."
Mr Keast said he felt the man should have lost his licence to encourage the defendant, and all drivers, to be more careful around cyclists.
Police strongly opposed name suppression and the discharge at sentencing, as they felt the defendant had not shown remorse.
Though the defendant offered to participate in restorative justice, it was a year after he first came before the court.
"One whole year that man delayed, and that’s just hoping it will go away," Mr Keast’s mother said.
"It’s not going to go away.
"You need to own up to your actions.
"Accidents happen ... but there’s never been any remorse, there’s never been even an inkling of ‘I’m sorry’ or any attempt, even through the police, to come back and say ‘Is he OK?"’ Mr Keast’s mother said.
She said she and her son were not informed of the outcome in court, and only found out about the resolution because it had been in the news.
She said they were seeking legal advice about appealing the name suppression.
