Dame Laura Kenny suffers a horror crash in Paris to convey an unlucky finish to the Olympic gold medal-winning bicycle owner’s goals of an eighth world championship
- Dame Laura Kenny was pressured out of the world championship after a crash
- The Olympic champion was pressured out of the race within the penultimate lap
- Kenny and her associate Neah Evans in the end completed fifth within the occasion
Dame Laura Kenny suffered a horror high-speed crash in Paris final night time as her goals of an eighth world championship title resulted in tears.
Kenny was into the penultimate lap of the 120-lap madison when she collided with New Zealand’s Michaela Drummond, sending them each flying.
The five-time Olympic gold medallist lay immobile as medics raced to her support. After a few minutes the 30-year-old was helped off the observe.
Dame Laura Kenny collided with one other rider within the penultimate lap of the world championships
It was a dramatic finish to an exhilarating race which was received by Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky and Shari Bossuyt, pipping hosts France by a degree.
Kenny and her associate, Neah Evans, had been mendacity in fourth place when the crash occurred. They had been finally awarded fifth place with Denmark taking the bronze.
However there was success for Britain when Ethan Hayter efficiently defended his world omnium title, whereas Josie Knight took a bronze medal within the girls’s particular person pursuit.
