Ironman athlete suffers broken collarbone after driver laughs, pushes her off bike into ditch
Katie Good still determined to get to Kona despite requiring surgery
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It was her first Ironman race, but her time was good enough for fourth in her age group and eighth overall, Katie Good qualified for this year’s Ironman World Championship. The 32-year-old immigration lawyer from England remains determined to compete in Kona this year, despite requiring surgery after being pushed off her bike during a training ride yesterday, according to a report on road.cc
“As I was cycling in Kent, a car deliberately drove up behind me, one of its occupants leant out the window and pushed me off my bike as I was going 20mph,” Good wrote on Instagram. “I went over my handlebars and ending up in a ditch with a broken collarbone that will need surgery.”
Shocked how cruel the driver and passenger were
“I feel shocked and sad that some people can be so cruel and unkind to do that to someone they’ve never met,” Good continued. “However, the police have been incredible and are treating this case as GBH. I just hope they find them so they can never do something like that again.”
Despite needing surgery, Good says she is “absolutely determined to be on the start line.”
Good’s boyfriend, Olivier van den Bent-Kelly, was riding with her and witnessed the assault.
“Today at 11:17 whilst on a bike ride with friends, a car deliberately drove behind her, one of its members leant out the window, and pushed her off her bike, before laughing and jeering at her as they drove away,” van den Bent-Kelly wrote on Instagram. “Beyond going over her handlebars, falling down a ditch and being covered in mud, Katie broke her collarbone – an injury that will require surgery. To be involved in what is effectively a hit and run incident or assault, and for the culprits to act in such a premeditated, malicious manner is abhorrent.”
This story originally appeared in Triathlon Magazine
