After his acclaimed coup on Hamburg's Rathausmarkt, triathlete Tim Hellwig was visibly impressed by himself, the scenery and the atmosphere.

"There is no better place in the world to win your first race in the World Championship series than here at home," said the 22-year-old talent on Saturday.

"This is very special when you have so much support from the crowd who are cheering you on."

In a thrilling final sprint, the man from Saarbrücken beat the Frenchman Paul Georgenthum by a few centimeters after swimming 750 meters, cycling 20 kilometers and running five kilometers.

At the same time they rushed to the finish line.

"I didn't want to put on the sprint too early," said Hellwig, who is considered to be a hope for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

“I felt extremely good, especially on the last 2000 meters.

I think I timed it perfectly.

I only saw the goal and pulled it through completely. "

With his success he made a remarkable German double success perfect.

Before that, Laura Lindemann had also won her sprint distance race.

The last time there were two German victories in Hamburg were Daniel Unger and Ricarda Lisk.

Laura Lindemann also only prevailed in the sprint.

In the last 200 meters, the Olympic eighth from Potsdam gave New Zealander Nicole van der Kaay and Summer Rappaport from the USA no chance.

“I'm so happy, I just can't believe it.

That was the perfect race for me, ”said the 25-year-old.

While Lindemann's victory came as no surprise, Hellwig's success wasn't exactly expected.

Lasse Nygaard-Priester completed the good performance of the hosts.

The 26-year-old missed third place at his world series premiere in his home country.

"It's a sensational result for me," said the native Quickborner to the NDR.

But he was a little disappointed to have just missed the podium.

He had done a lot of leadership work on the running track and could no longer keep up with his teammate Hellwig's sprint.

“I trusted to get rid of enough people.

But maybe we weren't fast enough, ”analyzed the student, who was training in Saarbrücken.

At the races in the Hanseatic city, the absolute world class was missing this time after the Grand Final 2021 was held in Edmonton at the end of August and the world championship titles have been awarded for this year.

Hamburg was thus the first stop of the World Triathlon Championship Series for 2022. Last year, the only world championship race in the world took place in the metropolis, but in the city park.

This time the spectators were again able to cheer directly on the Rathausmarkt - they had reason enough.