American Chloé Dygert crashed over a guard rail on the world street biking championships time trial, the place she appeared en path to a repeat title, and underwent leg surgical procedure consequently.

Dygert, who final 12 months received by the biggest margin in historical past because the youngest-ever champion, misplaced management of her bike whereas approaching a curve to the fitting. Her entrance wheel bobbled, and she or he collided with the barricade, flipping over into an space with grass.

Dygert, who had a left leg laceration, was tended to by a number of individuals, placed on a stretcher and brought to a hospital in Bologna, Italy, about 25 miles from the worlds host of Imola.

“We’re relieved that this crash was not worse than what it may have been,” USA Biking chief of sport efficiency Jim Miller stated in a press launch. “Whereas this crash is distressing, Chloe is younger and a fighter. With Chloe’s willpower, we all know she will probably be again driving earlier than we all know it. For now, we wish her to deal with therapeutic.”

About 10 minutes after the crash, Dutchwoman Anna van der Breggen received her first time trial title.

Van der Breggen took silver the final three years behind Dygert and countrywoman Annemiek van Vleuten, who missed this 12 months’s race after breaking her wrist final week within the Giro Rosa.

Dygert, 23, had a 26-second lead on the 14-kilometer time test of the 31-kilometer race. Full outcomes are right here.

Dygert certified for the Tokyo Olympics when she received final 12 months’s world time trial title. She has been bidding to make the Olympics on the street and the monitor.

Worlds proceed Friday with the lads’s time trial airing on Olympic Channel and NBC Sports activities Gold for Biking Move subscribers at 8:15 a.m. ET. A full TV schedule is right here.

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