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Austrian cyclist Franz-Josef Lässer was crowned world champion on Sunday after winning the gold medal in the Scratch race at the Para Track Cycling World Championships being held in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn, sport.ORF.at reported.
The 25-year-old from Styria beat Ukraine’s Yehor Dementjew, who finished second, and Australia’s Alistair Donohoe, who came third.
From bronze to gold
Lässer had opened his championships campaign by taking the bronze medal in the elimination race, the event in which he won the world title a year ago in Rio de Janeiro.
This year’s new title came in the Scratch race, which was recently added to the Paralympic Games programme, making it the second world title of the Austrian cyclist’s career.
An achievement for Austrian sport
The victory ranks among Austria’s most notable results at world level in para-cycling, and comes a day after his bronze medal, which he won despite his bike chain coming off in the penultimate lap of the elimination race.
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- sport.ORF.at – Lässer gewinnt bei Bahnrad-WM Gold im Scratch – 01.11.2026 – sport.orf.at
