Germany's Olympic and world sprint cycling champion Kristina Vogel, Medical Director Axel Ekkernkamp and chief physician Andreas Niedeggen address a news conference for the first time since Vogel has been paralysed following a serious crash in training, at the Unfallkrankenhaus hospital in Berlin, Germany, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch?
BERLIN (Reuters) - World and Olympic champion Kristina Vogel, who was paralysed following a training crash in June, said on Wednesday she was ready to tackle her new life but has had no contact with the Dutch rider involved in the collision.
In a news conference at the Berlin hospital where she has been treated, Vogel, a record 11-time world champion, said she had accepted the fact that she would not walk again moments after the accident at the Cottbus Sport Centre Velodrome.
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