The three-time track cycling world champion Amy Pieters from the Netherlands is in an artificial coma after an emergency operation as a result of a training fall. This was announced by Pieters’ team SD Worx on Christmas Eve.
The 30-year-old fell in the training camp of the Dutch national team in Calpe, Spain on Thursday and was operated on immediately in Alicante to reduce the overpressure in her head.
The consequences of the accident can only be foreseen when Pieters wakes up from the coma, the message said.
The two-time Olympian had won the world title at Madison with Kirsten Wild in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Pieters also celebrated successes on the street.
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