Ultegra STI Triple Front Shifting Problem

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I had a bit of a mishap today at a training clinic doing a bike gladiator
drill to get used to bumping in a group. As I was being forced from the
circle I went down and some how went from the right side of the bike in
front of me falling to the left and ended up with a spoke of his rear
wheel wedged between the brake lever and small shift lever of my front
brifter.

Once we extracted the two bikes, I could not move either lever at all to
shift. After fiddling this evening, it now shifts again, but not well.

To shift from the large ring to the middle ring, I need to push the shift
lever forward while pushing it to the right to down shift. If I don't
push it forward, the two levers are jammed together and can't shift.
Works well 9 out of 10 times. Other times, need to fiddle to get it to
shift. Not good in a racing/fast group ride situation.

Shifting from small to large ring seems to be OK.

Anything I can do to get this lever working more smoothly on this one
downshift again?

Brifters: Ultegra 9 spd Flight Deck.
FD: Ultegra Triple
RD: Ultegra 9 spd Triple
Cranks: Shimano 105 Octalink Triple

Thanks,
Dave