Olympic track cyclist Kristina Vogel has announced she is paralysed after suffering a spinal injury during a crash in training.
"It is s--t, there's no other way to put it," she told Der Spiegel (h/t Reuters, via NBC Sports). "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 collided with another cyclist and "fell onto a concrete track following a high-speed collision with another cyclist," per NBC Sports.
The 27-year-old won gold in the team track sprint at the 2018 London Olympic Games.