2023-08-03 20:21:00
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The men’s four fails prematurely at the World Championships in Glasgow on the track in the team pursuit.
The Swiss national track team made a failed start to the World Championships in Glasgow. In qualifying for the team pursuit, Claudio Imhof, Valère Thiébaud, Simon Vitzthum and Alex Vogel finished 11th in 3:57.103 minutes. The quartet missed the main round of the 8 best nations by almost 4 seconds.
For Julien Bossens, who is in charge of the national team on an interim basis with Tristan Marguet, the unsatisfactory result is closely linked to the bad luck with injuries in recent months and the low staffing level.
Most recently 10th place at the World Cup
«Noah Bögli broke his collarbone in training shortly before the World Cup. He would have been in excellent shape. That’s why we had to replace Noah with Simon Vitzthum, although Simon’s assignment came too early after his two broken collarbones and he doesn’t yet have the necessary stability,” says the Freiburger.
Great Britain also fared badly. The defending champion retired after his third driver crashed.
Vogel convinces in the scratch
In the evening, Alex Vogel almost secured the first Swiss medal at the World Championships. In the scratch, the 24-year-old showed a spirited race and temporarily surpassed the competition. However, Vogel was caught half a lap before the end and ended up in a strong 10th place. Victory went to William Tidball (GBR), Kazushige Kuboki (JPN) took silver, Tuur Dens (BEL) won bronze.
Liechti also qualified out
In the individual pursuit, Jasmin Liechti missed the leap into the finals. She finished 19th in 3:38.286 minutes.
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