Kristina Vogel on being paralysed four months after cycling world title win
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English - February 20, 2019 16:33 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsSports paris2024 olympics olympic games olympic youth olympic games tokyo 2020 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Kristina Vogel, one of the world’s very best female track cyclists, won her record-breaking 11th title at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Four months later, she was paralysed and in a wheelchair.
A junior Dutch cyclist was practising standing starts when Vogel crashed into him at full speed.
The double Olympic champion feels no resentment.
“I don’t need to forgive (the person because) I have no anger about him.”
She doesn’t know if her family feels the same.
“I have never asked them if they have forgiven him… I am scared to question that.”
The 28-year-old talked about her life-changing accident, acceptance and forgiveness.
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