Not much is missing for the next German medal at the European Athletics Championships in Munich. Neele Eckhardt-Noack has to be satisfied with fourth place in the triple jump.
The German track and field team has not yet been able to complete the dozen medals at the European Championships in Munich. Triple jumper Neele Eckhardt-Noack was only two centimeters short of bronze on Friday.
On the day after 5000 meter gold for Konstanze Klosterhalfen and silver for long jump star Malaika Mihambo and high jump surprise Tobias Potye there were also some other good German placements. The high jumpers, among others, are hoping for more precious metal on the final weekend.
Neele Eckhardt-Noack was temporarily in third place with 14.43 meters and ended up fourth after the 30-year-old from Göttingen had presented the longest distance in the qualification with 14.53 meters. “Two centimeters are super annoying. I would have loved to go out with a medal,” she said on ZDF. In the final, the Ukrainian Maryna Bech-Romantschuk was in a class of her own after fourth place in the long jump with 15.02 meters.
Joshua Hartmann satisfied: “It’s just fun”
Sprinter Joshua Hartmann came in fifth place over 200 meters, as did Hanna Klein from Tübingen over 1500 meters and Karl Bebendorf from Dresden over 3000 meters obstacle. “Over time I have confirmed my stable performance this year and have sold very well in Europe,” said Bebendorf, who, according to his own feelings, crossed the finish line with “a laughing and a crying eye”.
Hartmann was completely satisfied with his performance. “It’s just fun that I get fifth place after I set the German record with my boys this morning,” said the athlete from ASV Köln. The German 4×100-meter relay reached the final on Sunday in 37.97 seconds and improved on the German record set at the beginning of June.
The German women’s quartet qualified for the final on Sunday without Gina Lückenkemper, who had a stitched knee after her fall in the 100-meter triumph, but with Alexandra Burghardt. The Olympic silver medalist from Beijing in bobsleigh finished eighth in the final over 200 meters. Indoor world champion Mujinga Kambundji from Switzerland secured the victory.
No medals in the discus throw
Unsurprisingly, unlike many years before, there was no medal in the men’s discus throw. Magdeburg’s Henrik Janssen came in tenth with 61.11 meters, the 19-year-old Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna – son of the Lithuanian discus legend Virgilius Alekna – won gold with 69.78 meters ahead of world champion Kristjan Ceh from Slovenia with 68.28 meters threw far.
Norway’s Olympic champion Karsten Warholm triumphed over the 400 meter hurdles in 47.12 seconds and erased Harald Schmid’s 40-year-old European Championship record. Here, too, the German team achieved fifth place thanks to Joshua Abuaku. Carolina Krafzik almost stopped at this distance before the last obstacle and finished last, but was still happy about participating in the final. The Dutch Femke Bol won the 400 meters as before.
Source: Stern
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