After a disappointing morning session at the Athletics World Cup in Tokyo, it is upward: Frederik Ruppert and Niklas Buchholz made it into the final over 3000 meters of obstacle.
3000 m obstacle men – DLV duo in the final
Two Germans made it to the final over 3000 meters of obstacle. At first that came out for Karl Bebendorf, but then Frederik Ruppert and Niklas Buchholz made it. At Ruppert it was a real thriller, he was a bit too safe on the home stretch and finally needed the photo finish to get ahead with a hundredth of a second. Buchholz then cheered in the Sportschau interview: “Madness, I thought all the time, what do they do behind me, there are also top favorites. Then I just fought forward.”
Discus women – craft in the final, Pudenz and Steinacker not
From the German discus throw trio, only one thrower made it to the World Cup final: Shanice Craft 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. “I want to get a medal here.” It was really bitter for Kristin Pudenz, the Olympic second in Tokyo 2021. Until shortly before the end, it was twelve with 62.02 meters, but was still replaced in 13th place: “It was actually a nice feeling to be here again and to have the memory.
The Olympic fourth Marike Steinacker, who had dared to do a World Cup medal, remained significantly below her possibilities with 57.43 meters. “I am stunned and very disappointed. I didn’t expect that,” she told the sports show. “This is my whole life right now and then you encounter the moment it matters.” The best width was achieved with 66.72 meters, the Croatian Sandra Elkasevic, also Olympic champion Valarie Allman from the USA (66.07).
4×400 meter mixed relay-DLV quartet missed the final
Two years ago in Budapest, the German Mixed relay took seventh place in the final. Now Manuel Sanders, Johanna Martin, Emil Agyekum and Elisa Lechleitner only ended up seventh in 3: 13.61 minutes in their lead and thus missed the battle for the medals (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 posted the fastest lead time (3: 10.18 minutes), and in the final she wants to successfully defend Budapest’s World Cup title. The British quartet and Belgium also remained under 3: 11.00 minutes in advance.
35 kilometers – leftists clearly missed medal
The decision over 35 kilometers was a ordeal for Christopher Linke – and ended disappointing. Instead of the hoped-for top placement, the 36-year-old only ranked 14th in difficult climatic conditions in the victory of the Canadian Evan Dunfee.
Jonathan Hilbert and Johannes Frenzl finished in places 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 of the shot puters, only a few stars of the scene failed. World records and defending champion Ryan Crouser from the USA (21.37 meters) made it to the final as well as his compatriot Adrian Piperi (21.47) and New Zealand Tom Walsh (21.74). The world’s best Leonardo Fabbri from Italy did not reach the required width (21.35) at 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 final starts today at 2:10 p.m. German time.