Track cyclist Emma Hinze has already snagged her second gold medal at the European Championshps in Munich. The woman from Cottbus lived up to her role as the top favorite in the 500-meter time trial and won with a time of 32.668 seconds.
Silver went to the Ukrainian Olena Starikova ahead of Miriam Vece (Italy). Starikova was 0.735 seconds behind by a large margin. Pauline Sophie Grabosch from Magdeburg came fifth with a time of 33.684 seconds.
Emma Hinze had already set the bar high in qualifying when she beat the competition by 0.765 seconds with a time of 32.732 seconds.
Grabosch and Hinze, who was born in Hildesheim, already had reason to celebrate yesterday: In the team sprint they won gold together with Lea Sophie Friedrich. She is also at the start in the keirin. At the 2020 World Cup in Berlin, she won gold three times.
Sprint: Dörnbach in the quarterfinals
In the men’s sprint, Maximilian Dörnbach reached the quarterfinals, which will be held on Saturday evening. The Cottbus defeated the Czech Martin Cechman. Erfurt’s Marc Jurczyk had no chance against Hamish Turnbull from Britain.
In track cycling, several more medal decisions will be made tonight. In the individual pursuit, the elimination race (F) and the scratch (M) it’s all about the European championship titles.
Brennauer and Kröger make gold and silver among themselves
Yesterday, Lisa Brennauer and Mieke Kröger and their teammates Franziska Brauße and Lisa Klein secured it in the team pursuit. Now the two also want to follow suit in the one-on-one pursuit.
In the penultimate round of qualifying, Kröger drove against Borras from France and set a new best time with her strong final sprint. Lisa Brennauer, who was following her, was even faster and pulverized Kröger’s time again. So it was clear: Brennauer and Kröger will face each other as first and second in the qualification in the final and will decide the gold and silver medal among themselves.
Nicolas Heinrich reaches the final of the one-man pursuit
Germany’s Nicolas Heinrich was the last to start in qualifying for the one-man pursuit. After his team colleague Tobias Buck-Gramcko had already missed the entry into the big and small finals, Heinrich set a new best time on the track. The 20-year-old from Zwickau thus qualified for the final in the evening (7:30 p.m.). There he competes against the Italian Davide Plebani.