“I’m so happy,” said Lagger, particularly pleased with her 1.81 meters in the high jump. With this new personal best, the athlete of the TGW Zehnkampf-Union even moves up to sixth place in the world rankings, of which the first five get a starting place at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March.
Until yesterday, the 22-year-old had not thought about starting the World Cup: “If it really works out, I will discuss it with Vici.” “Vici” means Victoria Schreibeis. The former hurdler has been the Carinthian-born’s main trainer since autumn. Since then, the form of the 2016 U20 World Champion has increased noticeably. After her move to the Südstadt performance center in Maria Enzersdorf two years ago, difficulties in the support structure were heard.
Mayr also toyed with starting at the World Indoor Championships. Yesterday, the Ebensee resident took a full risk after a near somersault in the long jump (two failed attempts) over the final 800 meters, but had to pay tribute to the initial pace in the final lap. The 2:10.50 minutes was the best time, but not enough for the overall victory. Fourth was another Upper Austrian, U20 champion Sophie Kreiner (3806/ATSV Linz). Although Ivona Dadic skips the indoor season, ÖLV General Secretary Helmut Baudis spoke of the highest-class pentathlon championship in the history of the association.
In the men’s category, Dominik Distelberger (5385) won what was probably the last indoor heptathlon of his career ahead of Moritz Hummer (4943/decathlon union). Matthias Lasch won in the U20.
Source: Nachrichten
