Three Cyclists Crash in Terrifying 40mph Collision at Olympics Velodrome #paris2024 #women #cyclist

A horrifying high-speed crash at the Olympic velodrome saw three riders suffer gruesome injuries in the women’s keirin event on Thursday.
Medics rushed to the scene as riders slid down the surface of the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome as bikes were smashed to pieces and spectators left stunned following the 40mph collision.
Three out of the six competing cyclists were thrown off their bikes when Netherlands star Steffie van der Peet came off as her machine that had slid out from underneath and prompting her to clatter into those nearby.
Van der Peet was on the outside of the pack and in the blink of an eye found herself uncontrollably careering into other unsuspecting riders that were going through their cooldown.
While being catapulted off her bike, the Dutch cyclist smashed into the back wheel of China’s Yuan Liying who fell sideways into the ground with pieces of her demolished bike flying into the air.
A devastating high speed crash saw half of the field wiped out in the women’s keirin event at the Paris Olympic Games.
Three riders saw there bikes sprawled across the track and smashed while suffering injuries themselves following a 40mph collision at the velodrome. Medics rushed to the scene with the audience left aghast when Netherlands star Steffie van der Peet fell after her bike slid from underneath her and she smashed into her nearby rivals.
The Dutch cyclist smashed into Yuan Liying’s back wheel which saw the Chinese athlete fall sideways into the ground. Pieces of her bike were sent flying into the air.
Belgium’s Nicky Degrendele was next to become entagled in the crash. The momentum of the felled pair carried them into Degrendele as others attempted to navigate their way around the situation.
SEVERAL Olympics cyclists suffered nasty injuries when they crashed into each other at 40mph in the velodrome.
Competitors in the women’s keirin slid DOWN the track as pieces of bike whizzed around before needing treatment.
Belgium’s Nicky Degrendele and China’s Yuan Liying ended up prone by the side of their bicycles following the high-speed collision.
Degrendele looked in pain as medics checked her out.
And Liying grimaced as she was helped away – appearing to be in great distress.
The smash happened in the first heat after riders crossed the line.
Chinese track cyclist Yuan Liying had to be helped off the track by two coaches after causing a heavy wreck when she barely missed out on advancing through the quarterfinals of the women’s keirin on Thursday at the Paris Olympics.
The six-lap keirin begins with riders following a motorized bike called a derny for three laps. When it swings off the track, the riders are left to sprint for three more laps. The races are typically elbow-to-elbow affairs all the way to the finish line.
Lea Friedrich of Germany, world champion Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand and Nicky Degrendele of Belgium were safely ahead and into the semifinals, leaving Yuan trying to claim the last of four spots. She tried to squeeze past Dutch rider Steffie van der Peet in a hole that did not exist as they crossed the finish line, taking them both down in the first turn.