Emma Hinze from Cottbus won her third title at the 136th German Track Cycling Championships in Cottbus. The six-time world champion prevailed in the keirin final ahead of Sandra Hainzl and Katharina Paggel.
Franziska Brauße from Eningen and Maximilian Dörnbach from Cottbus also won their third title.
The keirin final was overshadowed by a serious fall, for which the jury held the reigning world and European champion Lea Sophie Friedrich responsible and disqualified the Cottbus native. Four-time world champion Pauline Grabosch from Cottbus came to the Carl Thiem Clinic with a suspected fracture of her elbow and collarbone. Alessa-Catriona Pröpster and Lara-Sophie Jäger also had to go to the hospital for further observation.
In the men’s sprint, Maximilian Dörnbach from Cottbus also won his third title. The 27-year-old won the final in two runs against Marc Jurczyk from Erfurt. Third was Nik Schröter from Cottbus. In the elimination drive, the title went to Franziska Brausse, who won the third gold medal in the Cottbus days.
In the Madison, the pairing of Moritz Malcharek/Moritz Augenstein surprisingly won. The duo prevailed with 60 points ahead of the reigning European champions Theo Reinhardt/Roger Kluge. In the women’s scratch, Hanna Dopjans from RSV Irschenberg won.