Laura Kenny suffered a nasty crash in the opening race of Friday’s omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
The four-time Olympic champion, racing in Berlin only a month after breaking her shoulder during the omnium at last month’s World Cup in Canada, fell just before the final lap of the scratch race and was hit by two riders following behind.
Kenny, bleeding close to her right eye, received lengthy treatment from Great Britain’s medical team at the side of the track. She was one of five riders hurt in the crash, with Mexico’s Lizbeth Salazar taken from the track on a stretcher.
Dutchwoman Kirten Wild, the reigning omnium world champion and a major threat to Kenny’s Olympic crown, was relegated from second place for causing the incident.
Victory went to Japan’s Yumi Kajihara with American Jennifer Valente moving up to second after Wild’s relegation.
