An Olympic mountain biker fell laborious throughout her race Sunday … flying over the handlebars and crashing to the bottom in a viral video.
Loana Lecomte — a French bicycle owner competing in her second Olympics — was competing through the Mountain Bike Cross Nation ultimate … making good time and bouncing over all of the obstacles at Élancourt Hill close to Paris.
Loana Lecomte, cycliste française de VTT Cross-country aux JO, a fait une chute impressionnante et a du être évacuée😱#Paris2024 #ceremoniedouverture pic.twitter.com/vVr9vGGThv
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Try the clip … Lecomte’s hustling down a steep hill when she hits a snag and flips over the entrance of the bike, slamming laborious to the bottom and going limp instantly.
The bicycle owner behind her has sufficient time to maneuver out of the best way, narrowly avoiding working her over … however, she nonetheless seems severely damage as cameras minimize away.
Le public applaudit pour l’évacuation de Loana Lecomte #VTT #JeuxOlympiques https://t.co/kC1U1gIVKZ pic.twitter.com/pRjtbZeUnS
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Video purportedly taken on the course by a bystander exhibits Lecomte being taken off in a stretcher whereas the assembled crowd claps.
Fortunately, photogs later caught her standing upright, face bandaged up together with her coach … so seems like Loana’s going to be simply nice.
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Lecomte completed sixth within the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on this identical occasion … and was reportedly in third when she crashed — so, it appears she may’ve medaled this 12 months.
Appears to be like like she’ll have to attend for 2028 in L.A.
