The German railway sprinter Maximilian Levy (Cottbus) is passed on his fourth Olympic medal. The ex-world champion in the Keirin final on the end of the summer games in Japan the sixth and last place, the Olympic Sieg in a spectacular race in Izu Velodrome went to the British Jason Kenny.
The 34-year-old Levy lacked about one and a half seconds on the medal ranks. Kenny had deposed early on the field and surprised his competition, Levy had nothing to oppose the pursuer in the sprint of the pursuers. The second German starter Stefan Bötticher (Chemnitz) was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Thus, the men of the federal German cyclist (BDR) went out in the summer games in Japan as in 2006 in Rio. For the last podium at Olympia in 2012, London Levy had taken care of in 2012, which at that time in Keirin Silver and in the Teamsprint together with Rene Enders and Robert Förstemann bronzed the bronze medal. Also 2008 in Beijing Levy Bronze had won in the teamprint.
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The Bund German Cyclist (BDR) finished the summer games in Japan with only two medals. The Bahn-Fores of Women was in world record time to the Olympic Mail, Emma Hinze (Cottbus) and Lea-Sophie Friedrich (Dassow) had won in Teamsprint Silver. Hinze missed on Sunday in the sprint race around Bronze her second medal.
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