Kristina Vogel Suffers Serious Spine Injury After Training Crash.

Double Olympic champion Kristina Vogel has stated that she won't be able to walk again after sustaining a spinal injury when she crashed during training in June. The 27-year-old German was involved in a high-speed collision with another cyclist on a track in Cottbus and has been left paralysed.

"“It is shit, there’s no other way to put it. No matter how you package it, I can’t walk anymore. I believe that the sooner you accept a new situation, the sooner you learn to deal with it," she said

The German Cycling Federation said Vogel remains in hospital in Berlin and that it would give her all its support. In May 2009, Vogel was put into an artificial coma after hitting a car during a training session.

Vogel, who is also a part-time police officer, won team sprint gold at London 2012 and the individual title in Rio. She has also won 11 world titles.