Horror crash sees cyclist Meenakshi RUN OVER by rival before being taken from track on stretcher as Kenny wins gold
ANOTHER huge crash at the Commonwealth Games saw a cyclist RUN OVER by a rival.
The horror incident in the Women’s 10km Scratch Race saw India’s Meenakshi fall from her bike before sliding down the banking on the bend.
New Zealand’s Bryony Botha then rode straight over her before she took a tumble herself, going head first over the handlebars.
Meenakshi was treated at the scene before being carried off on a stretcher while Botha walked away appearing to look okay.
Fans reacted to the painful incident on social media as one supporter wished that she was okay.
The race involved British hero Laura Kenny, who had been leading the race before the crash.
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It soon got back underway after and Kenny put in a stunning performance to win the gold medal for England.
Kenny will be delighted she participated after nearly withdrawing from the competition as she hinted at the track being too dangerous.
After the race she called the win her proudest moment.
Since the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the Herts rider came close to quitting cycling after suffering a miscarriage and then separately undergoing surgery for an ectopic pregnancy after contracting Covid.
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The five-time Olympic champ, 30, said: “My best medal yet? In many ways, yes.
“In a way, I’m more proud of that than many of the other Olympic medals that I’ve won.
“To have to come through all of that and then to try and step up in front of a home crowd.
“When you go through all that personally, and then everyone here wanted to see me cross the line first, it’s a lot of pressure to be put back under.”
This is the second awful crash we have seen in as many days at the Lee Valley Velo Park after England’s Matt Walls flew into crowd after losing control of his bike.
Paramedics had to erect screens to shield Olympic omnium champ Walls while he received treatment while a fan was taken away in a wheelchair covered in blood.
Due to the collision, the morning session was abandoned despite there being one race left to go.
Fans were left in shock as fears the same could happen again as one said on Twitter: “Another accident”.
England currently sit second in the medals table behind Australia.