Her friend Michael Gogl, who fell badly during the Tour de France on Wednesday, followed the performance of Susanne Walli (TGW Zehnkampf Union) via the internet from the hospital in Belgium. What the 26-year-old athlete showed at the “Oberbank LAZ-Meeting” in Linz last night should have given the professional cyclist a boost.
Walli warmed up in the state capital for the World Championships in Eugene, where she will start over the 400 meters for the first time in two weeks. With the newly formed 4×100 meter relay with Johanna Plank, Lena Pressler and Magdalena Lindner, Walli achieved another strong time of 44.62 seconds. Which means that the European Championships in Munich in August are within reach for the quartet, because their direct competitor, the Czech Republic, was put in their place yesterday.
After that, Walli was also successful over the 200 meters in a new Upper Austrian record time of 23.10 seconds. The Olympic semi-finalist is already going to the USA tomorrow.
The Japanese Haruka Kitaguchi, last year’s Olympic finalist, won the javelin throw with 60.42 meters.
Alexander Auer (Union decathlon) came second in the pole vault (5.20 m), Lisa Gruber third there in the women’s category (3.80 m), Leo Köhldorfer (ULC Linz Oberbank) over 400 m hurdles fourth (50.92 sec.) .
Source: Nachrichten
