Collarbone, broken ribs: professional cyclist seriously injured to hospital


Collarbone, broken ribs
Professional cyclist seriously injured to hospital

Track cyclist Laurine van Riessen touches the rear wheel of world champion Emma Hinze in a fighting sprint and falls. Seriously injured with a broken collarbone, broken ribs and a squeezed lung, he had to be transported on a bar and taken straight to the hospital.

The Dutch track cyclist Laurine van Riessen suffered a broken collarbone, broken ribs and a bruised lung in the fall on Thursday during the Olympic Keirin competition. The 33-year-old is in a clinic in Tokyo, as a Dutch spokesman announced.

“Laurine remains in the hospital for observation,” tweeted the Netherlands team and wished Van Riessen “all the best”. Beat Cycling, the Dutch woman’s club, spoke of a “serious fall” and wished her “good luck and get well soon”. How the condition of the professional cyclist developed overnight is not yet known.

Van Riessen hit the rear wheel of world champion Emma Hinze in the quarter-final run of the so-called fighting sprint, lost her grip and then collided with Briton Katy Marchant. She had to be removed from the train on a stretcher.

World champion Hinze disappointed

Three-time world champion Hinze only finished seventh in the track cycling competition. The 23-year-old from Cottbus won the small final after her demise in the semifinals on Thursday, but still fell short of expectations. Teammate Lea Sophie Friedrich (Dassow) was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Shanne Braspennincx from the Netherlands secured the Olympic gold medal in Izu ahead of Ellesse Andrews from New Zealand and the Canadian Lauriane Genest.

Hinze had won the world title at the 2020 World Cup in Berlin. In the semifinals, she prevailed against van Riessen in two races. At the start of the Olympic competition on Wednesday, Hinze had problems. She only made the first lap over the repechage.

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