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Duaꦍl Olympic gold medallist Kristina Vogel, one of Germany's top track sprinters, was seriously injured during training in a collision with another cyclist on the Cottbus velodrome on Tuesday.

Vogel, 27, who was training with four-time junior world champion Pauline Grabosch, began an acceleration but collided ♋with another rider who suddenly entered the track and crashed onto the concrete✅ track.

According to Sportschau.de, Vogel was taken to the hospital in Cottbus, but then was airlifted𒀰 to Berlin's trauma center.

"We are very🐎 worried about Kristina, it looks very bad," said national team coach Detlef Uibel told the German press agency.

Her manager Jörg Werner🌟 confirmed that Vogel𒉰 was badly injured but offered no further details.

It is not the first serious injury of Vogel's career. Nine years ago, she was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:hit by a vehicle while training on the road and was in an induced coma for two days, suffering a broken vertebrae, broken jaw and💯 fractures♚ to her arm and hands.

She overcame the injuries to claim 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:11 world championship titles and three Olympic medals in the sprint events.