Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters grab next to medal in torque after fall | Sport

Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters during a redemption.

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sport">While Wild quickly gathered himself together and got on a new bike, Pieters did everything he could to maintain his position in the pack. A little later she could still be relieved and the damage turned out to be not too bad: the Orange couple was still on the medal track, thanks to a second place.

sport">Due to a failed pendulum when a group pulled away, Wild and Pieters ran into problems about 45 laps from the end. They ended up in no man’s land and were eventually put on a round by the three attackers. Because of the twenty bonus points that the competitors took, the medal dream burst like a bubble for Wild and Pieters, who almost always finished on the podium during important couple races in recent years.

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sport">“It is very bummed. This was a great opportunity, we were never so well prepared,” said Wild, who will play the omnium on Sunday. “But this is also track cycling. You have to get up and keep going. It did mean that Amy had to do an extra sprint and of course had to recover. And I also needed some time to recover.”

sport">For Pieters, the Games are already over. She is mainly a road racer, but has already become world champion twice with Wild on the track. „We were on schedule, but after such a fall you are ‘on a hole’. The level is so high.”

sport">Wild thinks it’s not that bad with the injuries he sustained. “It’s more that you’re scared that you suddenly lie there.”

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