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Amy Pieters at a competition in Ghent, 2021
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The track cycling world champion Amy Pieters, who is in an artificial coma, will be transported to her home in the Netherlands for further treatment on Thursday.
This was announced by their team, SD Worx.
The 30-year-old fell in the training camp of the Dutch national team in Calpe, Spain, on December 23 and was flown to Alicante immediately.
She had been operated on there to reduce the overpressure in her head.
According to the team announcement, Pieters is now breathing independently, there have been no further changes to the state of health.
Further information could only be given after the wake-up process.
The two-time Olympian had won the world title at Madison with Kirsten Wild in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
She finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics that year.
Pieters also celebrated successes on the street.
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