Second day of the Track Cycling World Cup, second medal: after the gold sprint by the team sprinters, the German women's four-man team also won precious metal. The next success could be Emma Hinze, who is already in the sprint semifinals. The men go out empty-handed.
Berlin (dpa) - The four women raced to the German record and bronze, Sprint Queen Emma Hinze delivered the next track bike show. Thanks to women's power, the German team continues to cause a sensation at the home world championships in Berlin.
Franziska Brauße (Öschelbronn), Lisa Brennauer (Durach), Lisa Klein (Erfurt) and Gudrun Stock (Munich) won the small final against Canada in the 4,000-meter team pursuit after having already won the round in 4: 11.039 minutes national record by more than three seconds.
The next German medal could go to Hinze, who entered the sprint semi-final only 24 hours after the team gold medal with two straight wins against Laurine van Riessen from the Netherlands. There she gets to do it on Friday with the Canadian Kelsey Mitchell, who won twice against Lea Sophie Friedrich from Dassow. So it was a good thing that the Association of German Cyclists (BDR) invited numerous former world champions. Hinze has also been part of this famous team since Wednesday.
The contrast program was also available on the second day for German men. Stefan Bötticher was still fifth in the Keirin final. Former world champion Maximilian Levy, on the other hand, was already eliminated in the hope run. The sprinters were again without a medal after sixth place in the team sprint. Levy took it with gallows humor: "At the moment we are men as sparring partners, because we are not that fast," said the 32-year-old, referring to the outstanding colleagues in the sprint team.
The four of women presented themselves as transformed. The German record and the best time in the first round would have been enough for the final, but due to seventh place in qualifying the day before, only the small final was possible. There was a time of 4: 12.964 minutes to bronze. Gold went to the US team ahead of the UK.
In the men's 4000-meter team pursuit, the Danish four-man on track continued his world record show. For the third time, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg Madsen and Rasmus Pedersen improved the record to 3: 44.672 minutes, taking gold in the final against New Zealand (3: 49.713). Bronze went to Italy in the small final (3: 47.511). The German foursome finished seventh on Wednesday.
Bötticher had no chance at the Keirin, the Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen won ahead of the Japanese Yuta Wakimoto and Mohd Azizulhasni Awang from Malaysia. Levy would have been the German medal candidate, but this time nothing came together at the Cottbuser. "It is extremely bitter because I rarely had as much on it as I do now. I have won a medal with less ability and today I go swimming completely. I had a different idea," said Levy.
In the men's scratch, the Belarusian Jauheni Karaljok won ahead of the Italian Simone Consonni and the Spaniard Sebastian Mora Vedri. Berlin Maximilian Beyer was seventh.
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