Olympic champ Vogel has spinal surgery after crash
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Olympic sprint champion Kristina Vogel underwent an operation on her spine yesterday after an accident in training the day before left her seriously injured.
The 27-year-old, winner of 11 world titles, collided on Tuesday with a male Dutch cyclist at full tilt on the Cottbus velodrome, the German cycling federation said. She was airlifted to Berlin for intensive care, according to federation head Patrick Moster. It’s not the first time the cyclist has been hospitalized, 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, the German won the individual title in Rio four years later. She has 4 team, 4 individual and 3 keirin gold medals at the worlds.
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