Online Reporter
DUTCH athlete Maureen Koster was knocked out and wheeled away on a stretcher after a horror fall during the women’s 3,000 metres final at the European Indoor Championships.
The home favourite smashed her head on the track after a tangle involving two British runners in the early stages of the race in Apeldoorn.
With the race carrying on around her, Koster lay motionless before she was lifted off the track by medics.
She was then treated behind a screen in the in-field area as worried Dutch fans — including the King of the Netherlands — watched on at the Omnisport Arena.
The 32-year-old, who was clearly unconscious, was eventually wheeled away from the arena and taken to hospital. It was later confirmed by the Dutch federation that Koster was ‘conscious and responsive’. — Daily Mail.
