Mountain biker Luca Schwarzbauer unfortunately missed out on a medal in the short track competition at the World Championships in Glasgow.
The German champion fell in the last corner while in third place during a hard overtaking maneuver by British Olympic champion Thomas Pidcock, got back up and crossed the finish line in ninth place.
The New Zealander Sam Gaze successfully defended the title. After eleven laps of 900 meters each, Gaze was ahead of Frenchman Victor Koretzky. Bronze went to Pidcock, whose borderline maneuver including a slight contact against the black pawn had no consequences.
Already two World Cup victories for Schwarzbauer
Schwarzbauer (26) had won two World Cups in this young discipline this season and was one of the favourites. Julian Schelb was the second best German in twelfth place, David List was 17th. Maximilian Brandl, who had won bronze at the World Cup premiere in 2021, was only 29th. The former top road driver Peter Sagan (Slovakia) had to settle for 37th place.
Gold for women to French
As in 2022, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot from France won the women’s race, silver went to Puck Pieterse from the Netherlands ahead of Evie Richards (Great Britain). As the best German, Lia Schrievers came in a good twelfth place, Ronja Eibl and Leonie Daubermann took 15th and 16th place.
