German track cyclist Kristina Vogel learned she is paralyzed after a June training crash, according to Der Spiegel.
“It is s—, there’s no other way to put it,” Vogel said, according to a Reuters translation. “No matter how you package it, I can’t walk anymore.
“But I believe that the sooner you accept a new situation, the sooner you learn to deal with it,”
Vogel, a 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, had suffered a spine injury in a June 26 crash in Cottbus.
The DPA news agency reported that she fell onto a concrete track following a high-speed collision with another cyclist.