Track cycling sprinter Pauline Grabosch has won the first gold medal for the German team at the World Championships in Shanghai. In the 1,000-metre time trial, the 28-year-old from Magdeburg won in a time of 1:04.572 minutes, ahead of the Dutch riders Hetty van den Wouw (1:05.223) and Sofie van Rooijen (1:05.398). It was the third medal for the German track cycling team at the championships in the Chinese metropolis.
This is already Grabosch’s second World Championship medal in Shanghai. In the opening event, she won bronze in the team sprint alongside Clara Schneider and Lea Sophie Friedrich. In addition, sprinter Maximilian Dörnbach pulled off a surprise victory to claim the silver medal in the keirin.
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