World Championship individual time trial
No medal, but Schweinberger “happy”
Christina Schweinberger finished sixth in the World Cycling Championships individual time trial on Sunday. The 27-year-old was not quite able to repeat last year's success, when she sensationally won the bronze medal in Glasgow.
After 29.9 kilometers from Gossau to Zurich, the ÖRV ace from Tyrol was 1:44.14 minutes behind the Australian world champion Grace Brown in the battle against the clock. The 32-year-old had also triumphed at the Olympic Games in the summer.
End of career follows World Championship title
After the race, Brown confirmed that she would be ending her career. The Australian is suffering from homesickness and, unlike her colleagues from Europe or the USA, she cannot simply travel home quickly to recharge her batteries. Second place went to Demi Vollering from the Netherlands (+16.79 seconds), with the US defending champion Chloe Dygert (+56.42) in third. Germany's Antonia Niedermaier, a Tyrolean by choice, impressed with fourth place and winning the U23 classification.
Schweinberger: "I was at the limit"
Schweinberger was not dissatisfied with sixth place. "The downhill wasn't easy, I was at my limit, it was really difficult. I'm happy with my performance, I didn't make any big mistakes. Sixth place is what I was able to achieve," summed up the European Championship bronze medallist. Austria's second starter Tabea Huys finished in 27th place (+3:43.67). The 18-year-old beat Olympic champion Anna Kiesenhofer in the internal qualification.
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