At the start of the World Athletics World Cup in Tokyo, there are five decisions on Saturday. From a German perspective they rest Hopes for Geher Christopher Linke. Long-jumping ace Malaika Mihambo and the 100 m stars have their first appearances. The first day of competition at an overview.
All competitions in the video livestream and in the live ticker at Sportschau.de.
Men and women go 35 km (from 0.30 a.m.)
The World Cup opening day is less than eight hours in Tokyo, in the truest sense of the word it is about the first two gold medals: the walkers are challenged on the 35 km route. While the DLV for the women’s competition, in which Spaniard Maria Perez is a title favorite, did not register a athlete, there are three starters among the men.
Duration (b) Renner Christopher Linke, EM silver winner from 2022, finished fifth at the World Cup in Budapest two years ago. This year the 36-year-old increased his own German record and took fourth place in the world rankings. His dream: a medal on the very big stage.
Jonathan Hilbert (LG Ohra Energie) already knows his way around. In 2021 he secured Olympic silver in Tokyo Olympic silver over the 50 km painted out of the competition plan. Johannes Frenzl (Eintracht Frankfurt) completes the German trio.
Discus throw women – qualification (from 2 a.m.)
The first athletes in the World Cup stadium are the discus launchers in the morning session. You want to make the final participation on Sunday (from 12.10 p.m., in the live ticker at Sportschau.de) perfectly as possible.
For Olympic champion Valarie Allman from the United States, this shouldn’t be a problem. The final is also the feasible goal for the DLV trio Kristin Pudenz (OSC Potsdam), Marike Steinacker (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen/both qualifying group A) and Shanice Craft (SV Halle/Group B). There is even a medal for Germany there – if everything runs optimally.
3000 m obstacle men – prelets (from 11.05 a.m.)
Karl Bebendorf (Dresdner SC) and Frederik Ruppert (LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen) start the lead over 3000 m obstacle and one of the great German hope disciplines. The final on Monday (2:55 p.m., live in the first and at Sportschau.de) is a must for both.
Ruppert has been holding the German record since this season, the second in the world year’s best list is in top shape and has just won the Diamond League final. Bebendorf is also strong. For Niklas Buchholz (LSC Höchstadt/Aisch), a dream would already come true with the progress. World champion and Olympic champion Soufiane El-Bakkali is aiming for his next big title in Tokyo.
Frederik Ruppert (M.) is not just a place in the final in Tokyo over 3000 m obstacle.
Long jump women – qualification (from 11.30 a.m.)
After the medal -free World Cup in Budapest two years ago, Malaika Mihambo is one of the German hope wearers. The qualification for the long jump final on Sunday (from 1.40 p.m., in the live ticker) should be a matter of form for the 31-year-old-if it hits the bar. The short -term changed attempt should ensure more stability, and then there is still a memory of the Olympic victory four years ago.
European indoor European champion Larissa Iapichino (Italy) and Paris Olympic champion Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA, 7.12 m) are favored. In addition to them and Mihambo (7.01 m), two more athletes have jumped further than 7 meters this summer.
100 m women – prelets (from 11:55 a.m.)
Stage free for the fastest women in the world: In the 100 m runs, Tokyo is being sophisticated for the first time, it is about moving into the semi-finals on Sunday (1:20 p.m.). The German sprint galion figure Gina Lückenkemper (SCC Berlin) in the third of seven preliminaries will deal with defending champion Sha’carri Richardson (USA) and Shericka Jackson (Jamaica), 200 m world champion and vice world champion from Budapest. However, both are not in the outstanding form of days gone by. For Lückenkemper, reaching the World Cup final is the big goal for the first time.
Also included: Lisa Mayer (Sprint team Wetzlar) and Sina Mayer (LAZ Zweibrücken). Melissa Jefferson-Wood (USA) and Olympic champion Julien Alfred (St. Lucia) are fitting for gold in the final.
Main -high jump men – qualification (from 12.05 p.m.)
Welcome to part one of the flight show by Armand “Mondo” Duplantis: The pole vault world recorder from Sweden must first master the qualification at the World Cup before he can tackle his next world record in the final on Monday (from 1:10 p.m., live in the first and at Sportschau.de). The World Cup title is firmly booked for the 25-year-old.
For the DLV trio Torben Blech, Bo Kanda Lita Baehre and Oleg Zernikel, the qualification could be difficult work depending on the form of the day.
100 m men – prelets (from 1:35 p.m.)
Spot for the top stars of the sprint scene around world champion and Olympic champion Noah Lyles. Next stop: semi -finals and then finale. In Owen View and Lucas Ansa -Peprah (both HSV), two starters represent the German colors in singles over 100 m – that is a success, the progress possible.
Shot put men – final (2.10 p.m.)
If in the qualification in the morning (3.55 a.m.) there was no really wrong for one of them, in the evening the world elite is fighting for the World Cup title in the final. The best world year Leonardo Fabbri from Italy balanced his work equipment around a month ago to 22.82 m. The American Ryan Crouser, world champion of 2023 and Olympic champion 2024, was long struck and was at the start with a wild card. Twelve years after David Storl’s World Cup title in Moscow, there is no German shot put in Tokyo.
10,000 m women – final (2.30 p.m.)
The only running distance in the stadium, which deals with the medals without preliminary runs, the 10,000 m. The 26-year-old Eva Dieterich (LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen) only moved into the German team shortly before the World Cup. Double Olympic champion and world recordman Beatrice Chebet from Kenya should be difficult to beat.
4×400 m Mixed relay – final (3:20 p.m.)
The preliminary in the morning session (4.40 a.m.) should have been only a matter of form for the defending champion quartet from the USA. In the last final of the day, the goal is clean change and gold. For the German season, two years ago in Budapest seventh, the renewed final participation would be a success.