Athletics: Mihambo saves bronze at Hallen -EM – Assani in a wheelchair

Long jump Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo and Dreifinger Max Hess missed their first international titles in the hall. Mihambo jumped at 6.88 meters at the European Championships in Apeldoorn in the last attempt and thus still onto the bronze rank. Hess previously convinced, the Chemnitzer secured silver with strong 17.43 meters. Till Steinforth was able to cheer on bronze in the heptathlon.

The German long jumper Mikaelle Assani fell violently on her last attempt. The 22-year-old then kept his thighs and was then driven in a wheelchair under tears from the hall in the Netherlands. Assani was 6.32 meters eighth.

After that, as so often, Mihambo showed her best jump. Before that, the 31-year-old simply didn’t hit the jump properly, while the competitors jumped up at seven meters. The Italian Larissa Iapichino won with 6.94 meters in front of the Swiss Annik Kälin (6.90).

Guided tour of Hess holds until the fifth attempt

Hess shocked the competition in the first attempt and surpassed the world year’s best he had already held by two centimeters. The tour lasted a long time before the Italian Andy Díaz Hernández, born in Cuba, passed in the fifth attempt. The Olympic third sailed to 17.71 meters. The Italian Andrea Dallavalle won bronze with 17.19 meters.

The best width of the 28-year-old Hess is 17.52 meters from 2017. A year earlier, he had crowned European freewheel champions in the hall in Amsterdam a year earlier, followed by European Championship bronze under the roof.

Steinforth saves medal in the heptathlon

In the men’s heptathlon, Steinforth was able to look forward to bronze. In the final 1000-meter run, the 22-year-old saved eight points ahead of adolescent European champion Johannes Erm from Estonia. Norwegian Sander Skotheim won the title in front of the Swiss Simon Ehammer. Kevin Kranz sprinted fifth in 6.57 seconds over 60 meters in the final.

On Sunday in the shot put, Olympic champion Yemisi Ogunleye is one of the favorites. In qualification with 18.95 meters in the second attempt, the Mannheim woman exceeded the required 18.80 meters. The Dutchman Jessica Schilder was clearly the best with 19.92 meters. “I don’t go in here and say: The gold medal belongs to me. It is a fight, just as it was at the Olympics,” said Ogunleye, who is a little severe in the morning.