With her third title at the Track World Championships, Kristina Vogel not only secured a historic hat trick, but also became the most successful athlete at the championships. After already securing the rainbow stripes in the team sprint with her partner Miriam Welte, she also won the sprint. This automatically made her the favorite for... read more
Everything's going well for Kristina Vogel this winter. Already during the World Cup season, the Olympic team sprint champion and reigning world champion was the racer to beat in the sprint. In Cali, she lived up to her role as favorite and secured the World Sprint title for the first time in her career. The 23-year-old from Erfurt won the final... read more
It wasn't far off. Joachim Eilers of Chemnitz secured the German team a silver medal in the kilometer on the third day of the championships. Last year's third-place finisher, with a time of 59,984 seconds, fell short of defending champion Francois Pervis, whose clock stopped at 59,385 seconds. The Frenchman not only defended his title, he also... read more
The second day of the World Championships in Cali was marked by joy and sorrow for the German team. After Miriam Welte celebrated gold in the team sprint yesterday with Kristina Vogel [Link], she followed suit on the second day. In the 500-meter time trial, the clock stopped at 33,451 seconds. The Kaiserslautern native thus clearly beat the Australian Anna … read more
Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte gave the German team an ideal start to the title fight in Cali. At the Velodromo Alcides Nieto Patino, the duo celebrated their third consecutive title in the women's team sprint. In the qualifying round, the pair set the fastest time of 32,575 seconds. They improved on this time again in the final, relegating the … read more
