Live
- Telangana Government Announces Rs. 5 Lakh Compensation for Families of Gulf Migrant Workers
- Grand Celebration of Dasara Festival on the 5th Day – Bhadrakali Goddess in Skandamata Ornamentation
- CM Revanth Reddy Urges Young Engineers to Lead Musi River Revitalization at TGPSC Event
- UTF District Branch Demands Immediate Implementation of the 12th PRC
- Dark-Humor Thriller 'Snakes & Ladders' Set for Global Premiere on October 18
- Kadapa Municipal Corporation Holds Public Grievance Redressal Meeting
- IAF set to celebrate its 92nd Raising Day
- Children should taught about importance of wildlife: MP Governor
- ‘Rising Rajasthan’ pre-summit of Mines Department to be theme-based
- CBI files interim report before Delhi High Court in coaching centre deaths
Olympic sprint champion Kristina Vogel undergoes spinal surgery after crash
Olympic sprint champion Kristina Vogel underwent an operation on her spine on Wednesday after an accident in training the day before left her seriously injured.
BERLIN: Olympic sprint champion Kristina Vogel underwent an operation on her spine on Wednesday after an accident in training the day before left her seriously injured.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Kristina Vogel, winnerof 11 world titles, collided on Tuesday with a male Dutch cyclist at full tilt
- Vogel was airlifted to Berlin for intensive care, according to German cycling federation head Moster
- She underwent an operation on her spine on Wednesday
The 27-year-old German, winner of 11 world titles, collided on Tuesday with a male Dutch cyclist at full tilt on the Cottbus velodrome, the German cycling federation told AFP subsidiary SID.
Vogel was airlifted to Berlin for intensive care, according to federation head Patrick Moster.It's not the first time the cyclist has been hospitalised, having spent two days in an artificial coma after an accident in 2009 that saw her suffer severe facial injuries.
Crowned Olympic team sprint champion in London in 2012, Vogel won the individual title in Rio four years later.
Her world medals include team golds in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2018, individual golds in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018, and keirin golds in 2014, 2016 and 2017.
