Olympics-Cycling-Dutch rider Van Riessen carried off after crash


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 05 Aug 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Track - Women's Keirin - Quarterfinal - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan - August 5, 2021. Laurine van Riessen of the Netherlands and Katy Marchant of Britain crash. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Dutch medal contender Laurine van Riessen was carried off on a stretcher after a high-speed crash involving Britain's Katy Marchant in the women's Olympic keirin event at the Izu Velodrome on Thursday.

The crash occurred during a quarter-final heat when Van Riessen lost control of her front wheel and slid across into the path of Marchant, before both riders fell.

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