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Lyne Lamoureux

Katy Marchant fractures arm in high-speed crash into crowd at Track Champions League

Britain's Katy Marchant celebrates after winning the Women's 500m Time Trial final race during the fourth day of the UEC European Track Cycling Championships at the Omnisport indoor arena in Apeldoorn, on January 13, 2024. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP).

Paris Olympic gold medallist Katy Marchant suffered a broken arm in a shocking crash at the UCI Track Champions League at Lee Valley VeloPark, in London on Saturday evening. During the first round of the Keirin, Marchant and Alessa-Catriona Pröpster flew over the trackside glass barrier into the audience at high speed.

In the second heat of the Keirin, Pröpster moved high up the track, colliding with the British rider at high speed, catapulting the pair over the barrier.

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