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- World and Olympic track champion Kristina Vogel has revealed she has been left paralysed after a training crash in June. The 27 year-old German rider suffered severe injuries in the incident at the Cottbus track on June 26 and spent more than a month in intensive care at a Berlin hospital.
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On 26 June 2018, in the Cottbus velodrome, Vogel collided at high speed with a Dutch junior cyclist who was practising a standing start. [7] The heavy impact on the concrete floor caused several fractures, severing her spinal cord at the seventh thoracic vertebrae and consequently caused paraplegia.
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Apr 2, 2020 · As Grabosch left the track, Vogel accelerated onto the finishing straight unaware that a Dutch junior cyclist was practicing a standing start. She collided with him at 38 mph. The crash severed...
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Mar 1, 2020 · Germany's two-time Olympic champion track cyclist Kristina Vogel says she has "built a nice life", two years on from the training crash that left her paralysed.
Sep 12, 2018 · Vogel crashed at over 60 km/h while training in Cottbus for the German Grand Prix but did not reveal the name of the Dutch rider who was also involved in the collision. She suffered severe spinal and chest injuries and lost the use of her legs.
Sep 13, 2018 · Sports. Olympic Cyclist Kristina Vogel Speaks Out After Crash Left Her Paralyzed: 'Crying is OK' After colliding with another cyclist in June, Olympian Kristina Vogel speaks out about...
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Sep 7, 2018 · World and Olympic track champion Kristina Vogel has revealed she has been left paralysed after a training crash in June. The 27 year-old German rider suffered severe injuries in the incident at...
(AFP) – “I know I will never walk again,” said cyclist Kristina Vogel on Wednesday at her first public appearance since an accident in June that left her paralysed. “Maybe I’ll win my 12th gold medal elsewhere,” added Vogel, who has won 11 world titles as well as two Olympic golds.
