Matt Glaetzer is able to walk away from the 70kph crash, but his English rival remains facedown on the track for several worrying minutes.
Crashes in track cycling are par for the course, but Aussie Matt Glaetzer was involved in a shocker at the Lee Valley VeloPark that left his hopes of continuing at this year's Commonwealth Games hanging by a thread.
Glaetzer and England's Joe Truman came together on the banked corner during the second round of the keirin after the Aussie clipped the back wheel of the rider in front of him.Velodrome boards make for an unforgiving landing surface. Both riders hit the ground at more than 70 kilometres per hour, with the Englishman losing consciousness on impact.Truman slid to a stop on his front and lay motionless for several, worrying minutes amid a concerned hush at the usually raucous velodrome.Matt Glaetzer was able to get up pretty quickly after the impact.Truman had to be given oxygen before being taken from the arena in a wheelchair.
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