I quickly realised I would never walk again – Kristina Vogel ready for new life
The Olympic champion still has made no contact with the Dutch rider responsible for the crash as she tries to put a happy face after her horrific crash in June
World and Olympic champion Kristina Vogel, who was paralysed following a training crash in June, said on Wednesday she was ready to tackle her new life but has had no contact with the Dutch rider involved in the collision.
In a news conference at the Berlin hospital where she has been treated, Vogel, a record 11-time world champion, said she had accepted the fact that she would not walk again moments after the accident at the Cottbus Sport Centre Velodrome.
“I said ‘breathe, breathe, breathe’ and then I checked,” she said of the collision in which part-time police officer Vogel suffered serious spinal and chest injuries.
“Then I saw where I lay, how I was. When my shoes were off I knew that this was it with the walking. I realised quickly I would not walk again.”
