Cycling - Olympic champion Vogel paralysed after crash


  • Cycling
  • Friday, 07 Sep 2018

2016 Rio Olympics - Cycling Track - Victory Ceremony - Women's Sprint Victory Ceremony - Rio Olympic Velodrome - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 16/08/2016. Gold medalist Kristina Vogel (GER) of Germany reacts on the podium. REUTERS/Matthew

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Olympic and world sprint cycling champion Kristina Vogel has been paralysed following a serious crash in training in June, she told a German magazine in an interview.

"It is s***, there's no other way to put it. No matter how you package it, I can't walk anymore," Der Spiegel quoted her as saying on Friday.

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