The decision for the gold medal is made when they enter a short ramp after the start phase. Stirnemann chased past the leading Dane Ingrid Boe Jacobsen with plenty of power. "I saw that she didn't have that much power left and knew that I had to pass her to be able to ride my line. That was my chance and I took it," explains Stirnemann. She rode the race from the lead to gold, her teammate Indergand's attack in the last corner failed to materialize. "I have no words, it's the best day of my career," says Stirnemann, hardly able to believe it. "When I woke up this morning, I knew this was my day."

However, doubts once again intermingled with this certainty. "After qualifying, I had a small setback because I suddenly couldn't get to grips with the track. I couldn't really get over the roots and always felt overwhelmed," confesses Stirnemann. In the final, however, the doubts were wiped away. "I was super motivated. This year I've won everything I could win," says the European champion, "but a world title is something else. Everything has to be right. The form, the bike and you need luck. It's simply fantastic!"

Linda Indergand is not at all sad about her second place. The World Cup winner from Méribel: "I have no problem with it at all, I'm over the moon with silver and the fact that Kathrin won gold is even more fantastic. I wish her all the best, she was the best all season."

Indergand didn't get the best start, but was lucky that all three competitors took the top left line in the first technical section. "I was always riding on the right and I thought, great, now I can ride my line. I seized the opportunity and passed Ingrid and Jenny," says Indergand.

She explains why she didn't launch an attack on the last corner: "It could have gone wrong and then we might have both crashed."In the battle for third place, the Swede Jenny Rissveds tried to attack Boe Jacobsen in this last corner. They both get caught up, but the Norwegian is back on the pedals faster and takes bronze.

Ramona Forchini wins the small final and rounds off a great Swiss result in fifth place. "I was pushed back a bit in the semi-final, so I was happy that it still worked out in the small final," said Forchini.

Mels takes over from van der Ploeg

Marcel Wildhaber finished eighth in the men's event. He is eliminated in the semi-final against three strong sprinters. In the small final, last year's Swiss champion crashed after he had already stumbled beforehand. He finishes in fourth place. The other Swiss riders dropped out in the quarter-finals at the latest.

The 2012 world champion, Ralph Näf, points to the start phase. "The sprinters are simply faster than me. I've taken part in three world championships, was world champion once, that's okay," says Näf.

It gets turbulent in the final. European champion Daniel Federspiel takes the lead, but then his chain slips and he crashes. Kevin Miquel slips past and leads the final until the last corner.

Emil Lindgren chooses the inside line and their turns intersect. His pedal got caught in Miquel's wheel and Fabrice Mels rode past on the inside. Mels did not allow this advantage to be taken away and became the successor to Australian Paul van der Ploeg, who had already been eliminated in the round of 16.