“Lea and Emma remind me of Miriam and myself,” Vogel said in a exclusive interview at Eurosport Germany.
Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte dominated the sprint scene nearly ten years ago, in 2012 they became Olympic team sprint champions at the same London velodrome where the Champions League action will take place on the weekend, but they also competed between yes on Sprint and Keirin.
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“What distinguished us from all the sprint teams in the world at that time is that we got along really well and were best friends. And you can tell that Emma and Lea love each other too,” says Vogel.
“On the track nothing is given away, one wants to defeat each other. But the two can separate it well and then work together again towards the goal of victory for the Olympic sprint team after the duels,” he continues.
However, Vogel also knows that competing like this is particularly difficult due to the friendship and many joint training sessions: “There is always a certain hierarchical order in the team, and that, of course, is shaken in the duel. They also know each other very well. well and they want to use that, but at the same time they should not play unfairly against each other ”.
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While the roles of the Vogel / Welte team sprint duo were clearer at the time: Welte shone more in the 500-meter time trial and in first position in the team sprint, Vogel was stronger as an executor in the sprint and also in the team sprint. as in keirin, Vogel sees Hinze, 24, and Friedrich, 21, physically closer.
“They can both do everything physically,” he says and explains: “Lea still lacks the tactical component a bit. You can see that Emma has a much clearer head and knows exactly what she is doing ”.
In London, Hinze is now in the duel for the general classification with her friend, who has 56 points, for her 74 points. The role of favorite for the Champions League victory is clearly assigned. But for Friedrich, second place behind Hinze would also be a huge success, and that must be defended against Canadian Olympic sprint champion Kelsey Mitchell (50 points).
This raises the question of whether friendly support could play a role. But Vogel says: “Helping each other always goes wrong historically. So I don’t think they will try. I think they both go to the track and they both want to win.”
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