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Tom Sunderland

Olympic hero Katie Archibald's Commonwealth Games in doubt after being hit by car

Katie Archibald 's Commonwealth Games is in doubt after the cycling star was hit by a car less than two months before Birmingham hosts the showpiece sports event.

Two-time Olympic gold medal-winner Archibald impressed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, where she won gold in the individual pursuit and silver in the points race. But significant ligament damage in both her ankles means the 28-year-old may not be fit in time to compete in this year's competition, which gets underway on July 28.

"Last Sunday I went flying over the bonnet of a 4x4," Archibald wrote to her 25,000 Instagram followers. "Can't say I'm loving 2022. Lovely clear day but the driver who turned into me while I was riding past a T junction didn't see me.

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