At the Athletics World Cup in Tokyo, a German discus throw trio only reached the final. Kristin Pudenz and Marike Steinacker were eliminated. For the mixed relay, this came out in the lead. Going over 35 kilometers experienced a real ordeal in difficult climatic conditions. The first day of competition at an overview.
Discus throwing women – craft in the final, Pudenz and Steinacker excreted
From the German discus throw trio, only one thrower made it to the World Cup final: Shanice Craft (SV Halle) came to 63.51 meters in her last attempt. With this, she missed the required qualification width of 64 meters, but with the seventh best width for a place in the twelve-member field for the final on Sunday (from 12.10 p.m., in the live ticker at Sportschau.de). “Somehow I wasn’t quite there yet. But in the last attempt I tore myself together and saved the whole thing,” breathed craft in the sports show interview. It was really bitter for Kristin Pudenz (OSC Potsdam), the Olympic second in Tokyo 2021. Until shortly before the end, it was in twelve with 62.02 meters, but was still replaced in 13th place. Marike Steinacker (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is not there in the final. The Olympic fourth of Paris, who had dared to do a World Cup medal, remained significantly below its possibilities at 57.43 meters. “I’m pretty stunned and very disappointed, I didn’t expect that,” she said in the Sportschau interview. The best distance threw the Croatian Sandra Elkasevic, also Olympic champion Valarie Allman from the USA (66.07).
4×400 m Mixed relay-DLV quartet missed the final
Two years ago in Budapest, the German Mixed relay over 4×400 meters in the final. The DLV quartet in Tokyo could not repeat this performance: Manuel Sanders (TV Wattenscheid 01), Johanna Martin (1st LAV Rostock), Emil Agyekum (SCC Berlin) and Elisa Lechleitner (LAZ Ludwigsburg) only ran in sevent (3:20 p.m.). “I say what it is like: that was shit! We knew that it would be difficult. It didn’t work this year, but we’ll be back,” failed his disappointment in the sports show interview. The US relay was the fastest lead time (3: 10.18 minutes), in the final she wants to defend the World Cup title from 2023 from Budapest. The British quartet and Belgium also remained under 3: 11.00 minutes in the lead,
35 km – leftists clearly missed medal
The World Cup decision over 35 kilometers was a ordeal for Christopher Linke (SC Potsdam) – and ended disappointing. Instead of the hoped-for medal, it was enough for the 36-year-old in difficult climatic conditions in the victory of the Canadian Evan Dunfee only for 14th place Jonathan Hilbert (LG Ohra Energie) and Johannes Frenzl (Eintracht Frankfurt) finished 16 and 17. Spaniard Maria Pérez successfully defended her title from Budapest for women.
Men’s shot puts – favorites do not show their nakedness
In the qualification in the men’s shot put, only a few stars of the scene clapped. For example, it made world records and defending champion Ryan Crouser from the USA (21.37 meters) into the finals as well as his compatriot Adrian Piperi (21.47) or the New Zealander Tom Walsh (21.74). The world year’s best Leonardo Fabbri from Italy did not come across the required width of 21.35 meters with 20.95 meters, but it was also enough for him for a final place. The American Payton Otterdahl, on the other hand, will not be part of the medals, who, as the fourth of the world’s best list, missed the 20-meter mark (19.78). German shot puters were not at the start. The fight for the medals begins today at 2.10 p.m. German time.