Marathon runner Amanal Petros caused a sensation success at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo early Monday morning. The DLV runners Gesa Krause and Lea Meyer reached the final over 3000 meters of obstacle. Hammer thrower Merlin Hummel easily survived the final qualification. The third competition day at an overview.
Marathon – Petros with Energy performance to Sensational silver
Marathon runner Amanal Petros has secured an entry in the German sports history books in Tokyo: The 30-year-old was the first German after reunification, the 30-year-old won a marathon medal at a World Cup. Immediately before the finish, Petros had gold, but had to give up alphonce Felix Simbu from Tanzania in the target sprint. With the silver medal, he steps into the footsteps of Waldemar Cierpinski, who had won bronze for the GDR in 1983. With Richard Ringer, the second DLV runner also delivered a strong race as 13.
3000 meters obstacle – Krause and Meyer reach the final
Of three German runners who started in the preliminary runs over 3000 meters of obstacle, two reached the final: Gesa Krause was fourth in their preliminary season of 9: 16.76 minutes – the first five from each of the three runs secured a final place. Lea Meyer was on the fastest lead, and she also managed the fourth in 9: 13.18 minutes on Wednesday (2:57 p.m., live in the first and at Sportschau.de). Olivia Gürth would also like to be there, but she narrowly missed fifth place in her run: in the best time of the season of 9: 15.28 minutes she became sixth and retired.
The 33-year-old Krause, who won World Cup bronze in 2015 and 2019, suffered a rib break in June in a fall. In the Sportschau interview, she showed herself relieved that, as with her previous six World Cup participation, she will be back in the final: “It was a bumpy season. I am happy that I could solve it today. I trained well and want to push myself as far as possible in the final.”
Hammer throw – Merlin Hummel with a throw to the final
Hammerwrfer Merlin Hummel acted in the qualification for the World Cup final on Tuesday (2 p.m., in the live ticker at Sportschau.de): The 23-year-old clearly exceeded the required width of 77.00 meters in the first attempt at 78.54 meters. So he was able to pack his things again and leave the nation stadium quickly after successful short -time work. At the fight for the medals, he looked ahead optimistically in the Sportschau interview: “I try to throw beautiful and wide and hope that I can do it in the final. Everyone knows what they can throw. I know that too. I want to get into the area of my best performance.” This season Hummel increased this brand to 81.27 meters.
400 meters hurdles – Kelety and Dases one round further
Eileen Demes had to tremble for a long time, but then it was clear after the fifth lead: the 27-year-old is over 400 meters hurdles in the World Cup semi-final. In the second lead she had only become fifth in 55.03 seconds – that was not enough for the direct qualification for the semi -finals, but she should have been at least fourth. But in the end she came a round over the timeliest regulation as one of four of it. Elena Keleth ran directly and without trembling as the fourth of her run in 54.74 seconds to the semi-finals, which is on the World Cup on Wednesday (2:03 p.m., live in the first and at Sportschau.de).