Bahn-News: Second gold medal for Germany! After Joachim Eilers had already clinched the world championship title in the 1.000m time trial yesterday afternoon, Kristina Vogel followed in the evening, who confidently won gold in the keirin ahead of the Australian Anna Meares. Long faces, on the other hand, in the German four: In the end, it was only enough for sixth place behind Russia.
Already in the team sprint on Wednesday evening, Kristina Vogel showed her outstanding form. Together with Miriam Welte she won bronze there, now the second coup followed in the women's keirin: With a performance that was almost frighteningly dominant for the competition, the 25-year-old snatched gold in front of Anna Maeres from Australia and the Brit Rebecca James. With a lead of more than two bike lengths over her pursuers, the Erfurt woman crossed the finish line in the final. "The race went perfectly for me," the new world champion is happy. "London is a special place for me after Miriam [Welte] and I became Olympic champions here in 2012." said Vogel to the BDR medium rad-net. But that's not all - she wants to defend her title in the women's sprint on Sunday.
So there is joy on the one hand and disappointment on the other. The German foursome, who started the tournament confidently and actually wanted to gain self-confidence for Rio in the summer, could not meet the expectations they had set for themselves. After mixed performances in qualifying and the intermediate round, Leif Lampater, Theo Reinhardt, Nils Schomber and Kersten Thiele showed their weakest performance in the tournament so far. With a time of 4:01,725, only sixth place remained behind Russia. Nevertheless, national coach Sven Meyer tried to see the positive: “The bottom line is that the result is okay. The preparations didn't go XNUMX percent. Still, finishing sixth and staying in touch with the top is fine.”
Speaking of tops: Somewhat surprisingly, the Australians won the world title ahead of the highly valued British team around Bradley Wiggins. However, that was not due to the fact that Wiggo and Co. did not perform well in the final, but rather to an outstanding performance by the quartet from Oceania. With a sensational time of 3:52,727, they were more than a second faster than their pursuers from Great Britain (3:53,856).
Today in London the women will decide in the 500m time trial and in the team pursuit, the men will determine the new world champions in the points race and the individual pursuit. The live stream starts today at 19:00 p.m.
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