Konstanze Klosterhalfen wins EM gold over 5000 meters

The German record holder Konstanze Klosterhalfen surprisingly won the title over 5000 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Munich. The 25-year-old third-placed in the 2019 World Championship finished his triumphant run in 14:34.20 minutes on Thursday. “It’s the best moment of my life,” said Klosterhalfen. Three days earlier, the woman from Leverkusen had missed out on a medal in fourth over 10,000 meters. It was the first double start of her career in a major title fight.

Sara Benfares from Rehlingen came in twelfth place. The Berliner Alina Reh had to give up. Turkish European 10,000m champion Yasemin Can finished second in 14:56.91 ahead of British Eilish McColgan (14:59.34).

Konstanze Klosterhalfen: Triumph after Corona weakness

Klosterhalfen had missed the final over 5000 meters at the World Cup in Eugene in her adopted home, weakened by the consequences of a corona infection. The exceptional runner had already “imagined this performance differently”. Finally, after the World Championships at the Diamond League meeting in Chorzow/Poland, she showed good running performance again and finished seventh over 3000 meters. “Purely in terms of feeling, it was a clear difference to Eugene, because I felt that I was competitive again,” she said and was happy to have “returned to my own racing feeling”.

First of all, Klosterhalfen should not start after her fourth place on Monday evening over 10,000 meters. But the 25-year-old definitely wanted to run in front of the Munich crowd again, she reported after the race. The spectators would ultimately have carried them to their first international title. “I have no words,” she said laughing into the ARD microphones.

Despite 7.03 meters: Malaika Mihambos gold series broken

Long jump Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo was just three centimeters short of the next title. The 28-year-old finished second in an exciting European Championship with a jump of 7.03 meters. Three and a half weeks ago, Mihambo had successfully defended her world title, but that didn’t work at the European Championships. The victory went to the Olympic bronze medalist Ivana Vuleta from Serbia, who jumped 7.06 meters in her first attempt. Third place went to Brit Jazmin Sawyers. For Mihambo, a challenging time ends successfully even without a title. Your start at the EM was temporarily open after a corona infection.

Munich Potye surprisingly wins silver in the European Championship high jump

The Munich high jumper Tobias Potye won the third medal for the German track and field athletes on Thursday evening. He surprisingly won the silver medal in his hometown. After crossing 2.27 meters, the 27-year-old was only beaten by the Italian Olympic champion Gianmarco Tamberi. For him there were 2.30 meters to book. The Ukrainian World Cup bronze medalist Andriy Protsenko was third with also 2.27 meters. Dresden’s Jonas Wagner failed because of the initial height of 2.18 meters.