Bahn News: The third day of the European Track Championships as part of the European Championships in Glasgow was also extremely successful from a German perspective. Already in the afternoon Joachim Eilers was able to celebrate a silver medal in the 1000m time trial, in the evening Lisa Brennauer crowned her very good performance with gold in the individual pursuit.
Even though it wasn't quite enough for Joachim Eilers to win the European Championship title in the 1000m time trial, the 28-year-old's joy after his silver medal could be read on his face. In the final, he was only beaten by the favorite Matthijs Büchli from the Netherlands, who had already won the qualification ahead of Eilers, by just under two tenths of a second. Maximilian Dörnbach's fifth place should also have caused happy faces in the German camp.
In the evening, Lisa Brennauer's hour struck, who with a German record time (3:26,879) in the one-man pursuit didn't give the competition a chance and ultimately drove superiorly to EM gold. In the run-up, quite a few had expected local hero Katie Archibald to win – she ultimately had no chance against the furiously driving Brennauer and ended up being more than two seconds behind.
