Former Olympic cycling champion Uwe Ampler has reportedly suffered life-threatening head injuries after being hit by a car while on his bicycle.
The Bild newspaper reports the 1988 Olympic road racing champion is in an induced coma after he was hit at a crossing in Grimma, located in south east Germany.
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