Switzerland’s Muriel Furrer fell closely Thursday morning within the ladies’s junior street race on the UCI Road World Championships in Zürich and was taken to hospital by an emergency helicopter.
According to a joint assertion issued after the race by the UCI, Swiss Cycling and the Zurich 2024 Local Organizing Committee, Furrer “suffered a critical head damage and is in a really essential situation”.
“At current, there aren’t any established details concerning how the accident occurred. Investigations by the competent authorities are ongoing. For this cause, no additional info could be given till additional discover,” the assertion learn.
The 18-year-old was a double silver medallist within the time trial and street race at this yr’s Swiss street nationals. She additionally received the silver on the Swiss cyclocross nationals and bronze on the cross-country mountain bike occasion, each in junior divisions.
She competed earlier on the World Championships within the time trial and completed forty fourth.
The UCI, nationwide governing physique and championships organisers are “extraordinarily involved” by the state of affairs and can present updates when out there.
