Kristina Vogel: Paralyzed cycling star turns to politics

    By Paul Gittings, CNN

    Updated 1134 GMT (1934 HKT) February 25, 2019

    Kristina Vogel gave an emotional press at a Berlin hospital last September where she revealed the extent of her injuries that have left her as a paraplegic.
    Kristina Vogel gave an emotional press at a Berlin hospital last September where she revealed the extent of her injuries that have left her as a paraplegic.

    (CNN)One year ago Kristina Vogel graced the famous Berlin Six Day cycling event with the powerful dominance of a two-time Olympic gold medalist.

    This year she returned in a wheelchair.
      Vogel sustained life threatening injuries in a horrific training accident in Cottbus last June, colliding with a stationary cyclist at over 60kph.
      She survived, but the impact of the crash severed her spinal cord, leaving her permanently paralyzed.
      It was a shattering conclusion to the 28-year-old's sporting career, at the peak of her powers and with the promise of many more gold medals in her specialist event of track sprinting.