Despite the cramps in the right thigh at the World Athletics World Cup, Supertalent OWE Fischer-BreiHel reached the semi-finals over 400 m hurdles (Wednesday, 2.30 p.m. MESZ/ARD and Eurosport). The 21 -year -old ran in third place in Tokyo on Monday in Tokyo in 48.81 seconds – that was easy to move into the next round.
“I honestly say: I really have pain in the buggy, that annoys me. In the course of the run, I noticed that it shoots me in a spasm,” said Fischer-BreiHh in the “ARD”: “I then took out the pressure a bit. If it had become more, I think I would have stopped.”
With Emil Agyekum (48.33/Berlin) another DLV runner came on, but Joshua Abuaku (49.41/Frankfurt) was eliminated.
Defending champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm initially took it easy on the way to the grand finale on Friday (2:15 p.m. MESZ/ARD and Eurosport). The Tokyo Olympic champion from Norway arrived in third place in his lead after 48.56 seconds. Paris Olympic champion Rai Benjamin (USA) took 48.15 seconds.
Fischer-Breihol caused a stir in his gold run at the U23 European Championship in June when he cracked Warholm’s championship record with his time of 48.01 seconds.