The incident took place in Alicante, Spain. Amy Pieters suffered a severe head injury, which required immediate surgery, and is now in a pharmacological coma.
“Pieters underwent head surgery in a hospital in Alicante. During the operation, the doctors eliminated the intracranial hypertension created during the accident. Pieters will be asleep for the next few days. When the doctors wake her up in a few days, it will be possible to talk about possible damage” – the Pieters team informed in an official statement. – SD Worx.
A serious accident of the cycling champion
It is too early to talk about the consequences of the accident. Further information is to be provided after the 30-year-old wakes up from a coma.
Pieters is a three-time world champion in madison track cycling. This is a competition in which teams of two players compete. Only one rider races at any time during the race, while the other rides slower at the top of the track.
Pieters went hand in hand with Kirsten Wild for gold medals. The last time the players triumphed in French Roubaix. They took 4th place at the Olympics.
Pieters is also the 2019 road world champion in relay time trials, and in the same year in Alkmaar she became the European champion in the mass start race.
Source: Sport
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