Schweinberger tenth
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The hopes for an Austrian medal in the Olympic women's individual cycling time trial were not fulfilled. Christina Schweinberger finished tenth in heavy rain in Paris on Saturday. Anna Kiesenhofer, sensational winner of the 2021 road race, only finished 33rd out of 35 starters.
Gold went to Australia's Grace Brown ahead of Great Britain's Anna Henderson. Bronze went to the fallen world champion Chloe Dygert (USA).
Many crashes
On the 32.4 km course from the Esplanade des Invalides to the finish at the Pont Alexandre III, which was particularly slippery due to the wet conditions, several riders fell, some of them several times.
Tears for Schweinberger
Schweinberger also lost valuable time due to a fall, the Tyrolean ultimately missing out on bronze by just under 40 seconds in her Olympic debut. "I didn't come here for tenth place. I slipped in a traffic circle, which I estimate cost me 30 seconds. But more would have been missing for the podium," said the 27-year-old disappointedly on ORF and burst into tears.
Kiesenhofer: "Mentally it was over in my head"
Kiesenhofer also stood in the mixed zone with tears rolling down her face. Like her teammate, she had crashed in the traffic circle, scraped her elbow, bleeding profusely, and doubted whether she would be able to continue. "Mentally, it was over in my head. I didn't come here to race for X place, I really wanted to be at the front." But giving up was not an option. "That looks stupid. Finish somehow."
It was as slippery as on black ice, but she had to take some risks because otherwise you lose time anyway. "I approached the first few corners cautiously, with every corner I had more confidence. Then it was suddenly too much confidence and I ended up lying down."
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