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Joshua Cheptegei (UGA/27:51.42 min.) won the 10,000 m for the third time in a row, Canadian Ethan Katzberg (81.25 m) hit the hammer throw and Ivana Vuleta from Serbia (7.14 m) in the long jump ). Sarah Lagger finished 17th in the heptathlon in Britain’s Katerina Johnson-Thompson’s triumph.
Lagger reached 5.85 m in the long jump, she threw the javelin at 43.79 m in sweltering temperatures, she ran the final 800 m in 2:15.32 min. It was the fourth heptathlon of the season for the Carinthian, who over Fought fatigue, heat and insomnia until 4am. “It was just under three hours. It was an okay performance anyway. But it was quite a fight today. But I’m injury-free at the finish.”
Lagger scored 5,910 points, winner Johnson-Thompson scored 6,740 for her second world title (previously in 2019), Götzis winner Anna Hall from the USA came second with 6,720. “It was by far the toughest heptathlon so far, but one of the most beautiful. It’s so cool to see athletics filling a stadium. It wasn’t difficult to run in terms of the atmosphere, even though I thought before that I’d never go to the Finished. I ran a reasonably acceptable time and I’m still alive,” said Lagger.
Sleep deficit compensation on air mattress
To make up for the lack of sleep, Lagger lay down on an air mattress on the floor of a disabled toilet during the break before the 800. “I lay there in the dark for two hours, that was important.” She won’t do any specific training for five weeks now, but rather move around in the forest and in nature. It starts again at the end of September. “Our motto this year was to do a lot of competitions to come back from injury. I’m ready for next year, but now for the holidays.”
Source: Nachrichten
