Olympia / track news: On the penultimate day of the Olympic track competitions in Rio de Janeiro, the German athletes unfortunately, as so often this year, went away empty-handed. Unfortunately, Roger Kluge, who was still well placed after the first half of the Omnium competitions, clearly missed out on the medals with a sixth place in the end. Things went better for Kristina Vogel, who confidently made it into the sprint quarterfinals.
Omnium of the men: no medal for Kluge, Viviani irresistible
A faint hope for a medal was still growing in the ranks of the BDR given Roger Kluge's fourth place finish at halftime in last night's Omnium competitions. But already in the 1000m time trial it became clear that the 30-year-old would probably not have a chance on the podium. In the following flying lap, too, he too often had to give way to the competition. "There was nothing else in it. The legs just weren't there,” summed up a visibly disappointed Kluge after the end of the race. Gold went to the Italian Elia Viviani ahead of the equally strong Briton Mark Cavendish and Lasse Norman Hansen from Denmark.
Kristina Vogel can flirt with a sprint medal
On Sunday evening, Kristina Vogel was still annoyed about her mixed sixth place in the qualification for the women's sprint and prepared for a difficult path to the final. As luck and coincidence would have it, however, the world champion in keirin apparently avoids the 'biggest' chunk: In yesterday's round of XNUMX she had to face Natasha Hansen from New Zealand - the duel went confidently to the German, who now relied on Wai in the quarterfinals -Sze Lee from Hong Kong meets. A perfectly doable task.
Today: Medals for Vogel and Eilers?
Three decisions are made on the last track day in Rio: In addition to the remaining disciplines in the women's omnium, the sprint is also about the medal places. For the men, the keirin is about the last medal: what's in it for keirin world champion Joachim Eilers? The preliminary heats and the quarter-finals in the sprint start at 16:00 p.m., the final decisions will be made from 21:00 p.m. It broadcasts the first on TV, the live stream is provided as usual by ZDF - but only from 21 p.m. So if you want to follow Kristina Vogel's quarter-finals in the sprint, you have to try your luck with the TV broadcast.
15:00 | Sprint | Women | Quarterfinals | The first | |
15:20 | kairin | Men | leader | The first | |
16:00 | Omnium | Women | Time trial | The first | |
16:25 | kairin | Men | hope runs | The first | |
16:45 | Sprint | Women | Placement Round 5-8 | The first | |
21:00 | Sprint | Women | semifinals | The first | To the live stream |
21:10 | Omnium | Women | Sprint | The first | To the live stream |
21:45 | kairin | Men | semifinals | The first | To the live stream |
22:05 | Omnium | Women | points race | The first | To the live stream |
22:45 | Sprint | Women | Final | The first | To the live stream |
22:45 | Sprint | Women | Race for 3rd place | The first | To the live stream |
23:15 | kairin | Men | Final | The first | To the live stream |
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