Team USA cyclist killed by car in training accident just days before world championships
An up-and-coming teen American cyclist who was a member of the U.S. National Team was struck and killed by a car while he was training for a race over the weekend, his team said. Magnus White, a 17-year-old U.S. athlete from Boulder, Colorado, was making his final training preparations over the weekend before his next race -- competing in the Junior Men’s Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships beginning on Aug. 10 in Glasgow, Scotland -- when he was struck by a car on a bike ride on Sunday, USA Cycling said in a statement confirming his death. “It is with an extremely ...