'It's s***, I can't walk anymore': Double Olympic champion Kristina Vogel reveals she is paralysed from the neck down after horror crash in training
- Germany Olympic cycling champion Kristina Vogel has been paralysed
- Vogel has revealed in an interview that crash in June has left her unable to walk
- Vogel won gold at London and Rio de Janiero Olympics and has 11 world titles
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.
Vogel suffered serious spinal injuries after colliding with another cyclist while training at the Cottbus Sport Centre Velodrome in June.
'It is shit, 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.
Olympic and world champion Kristina Vogel has been paralysed from the neck down
'But I believe that the sooner you accept a new situation, the sooner you learn to deal with it,' she added.
Vogel won Olympic gold in the track cycling team sprint at London in 2012 and individual sprint gold at Rio de Janeiro four years later.
The 27-year-old also has 11 world titles to her name and the crash in Cottbus is not the first of her career.
Vogel was put into an artificial coma for two days back in 2009 after she collided with a car during a training session.
Vogel, 27, has revealed in an interview a crash in training in June left her unable to walk
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