A championship title to say goodbye: Tim Nowak won the decathlon in Dresden at the end of the career. The winner also dominated in the heptathlon: Sandrine Sprengel can now hope for the World Cup in Tokyo. There is also a World Cup back door for Nowak.
In addition to the end of the finals, decathlon Tim Nowak had announced his end of his career. But in Dresden, both the 29-year-old and the 21-year-old shone as a German champion. Now both can even hope for the World Cup in Tokyo in September.
8140 points for Nowak – 6315 points for sprinkles
Tim Nowak and Sandrine Sprengel are the German champions in athletics all-around. The Ulmer Nowak won 8140 points on Friday (01.08.2025) as part of the finals in Dresden, Sprengel prevailed with her personal best of 6315 points.
Nowak, in the decathlon, after the fourth competition and the bitter departure of his team -mate Manuel Eitel, took the top of the class. Before the final run over 1500 meters, Nowak could practically no longer be displaced from the top. Nevertheless, the decathlon champion from 2021 was probably the last race of his career over. The aim of the Baden-Württemberg: The victory and a time that brings him a number of winners around 8,200 points. Nowak ran home easily, but he missed the 8,200 points with his time of 4: 32.59 minutes by a good 15 seconds.
Nowak’s mini chance for the World Cup
Jubilee crossed the finish line, later he was thoughtfully on the plastic track of the Heinz-Steyer Stadium. In the last competition of his career, he won gold again.
Last competition? Most likely. Because the back door, but to get a ticket for the World Cup in Tokyo in September, is at least open. The German decathlon tickets for the World Cup actually have Till Steinforth, Leo Neugebauer and Niklas Kaul. If someone injured himself from the trio, Nowak could use a wild card to the World Cup.
Sprengel: “mega-horny”
The old and new German champion Sandrine Sprengel experienced a season to tick off until the heptathlon in Dresden. The athlete from the Swabian Alb did not finish a heptathlon this season, in May she contracted a muscle fiber tear and at the beginning of July she had to stop a competition.
Sandrina Sprengel in Dresden
But in Dresden she ran for the best form. “It means a lot to me, the all -around battle was great fun here in front of the audience”cheered Sprengel after their victory on ZDF. “It was mega-horny to start here. I’m overjoyed.” With her brand of 6315 points, the champions remained below the World Cup standard of 6500 points. A back door for the World Cup remains. If the athlete of LG Steinlach-Zollern is placed in the top 20 in the world year’s best list, she will still receive the Tokyo ticket. Sprengel is currently in 15th place.
“I came here to defend the title”said Sprengel. “Of course it was in mind that the Tokyo ticket is not yet quite through. I hoped that I could have a say.”
The silver medalist also won her medal with a new personal best. Lara Siemer got 5853 points, bronze went to Mareike Rösing, who came to 5831 points.