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Five medals, including gold for decathlon Leo Neugebauer, many final participation and a young team that makes you want more: The German athletes have often convinced of a great backdrop at the World Cup in Tokyo, but sometimes also have to cope with setbacks. The bottom line is that the direction is right.
The German World Cup start was a silver rain, the end of a gold bronze fireworks: Leo Neugebauer, the decathlon emperor of Tokyo, spread out his mighty arms and made the entire women sprint in the black, red and gold jubilation for a short moment. The German picture of this atmospheric World Cup in Japan’s capital.
“Leo the German” and the German women’s quartet around sprint star Gina Lückenkemper, who had just missed the targeted final, the German medal collection pimped again on the last day of the 20th title fights at the world level.
“German athletics lives”
“German athletics lives, it is not dead, as it was said after Budapest,” said Lückenkemper with a view to the World Cup two years ago when the medal-free DLV team was at a historical low. “Tokyo has shown what is possible in German athletics.”
Mihambo once more world class
And that was a lot from the start. Long jump queen Malaika Mihambo gave the DLV team to measure, was once more mentally and sporty world class, even if this time she had to give the strong Tara Davis-Woodhall the gold.
Petros world champion of hearts and a “Hummelujah”
Amanal Petros became the world champion of the hearts when he scored gold by three hundredths of a second in the marathon (!). Alphonce Felix Simbu from Tanzania cheered after evaluating the target photo, which has never been in the World Cup history in the marathon. Petros’ sensational silver still beamed extremely brightly, as did that of Merlin Hummel, who caused a “Hummelujah” with the hammer.
Of course, the medals always shine brightly, but we also had a lot of young athletes who performed excellently.
Sprengel grows beyond itself
The 23-year-old was one of the “many young athletes who performed excellently,” said DLV sports director Jörg Bügner at Sportschau. Hübstämfer Sandrina Sprengel is a different youngster. The 21-year-old grew out in the nation stadium, became a surprisingly fifth and set up a personal best with 6434 points at her World Cup debut. It owns the future.
“Budapest curse” conquered
Five medals, the fourth place divided with Great Britain (66 points) in the nation rating and 21 final participation: No question, the DLV team conquered the “Budapest curse” (Bügner) and “achieved many of its goals with a nice and better result,” said the sports director.
Germany can sprint and run again
Sprinter and runners also contributed to this. Emil Agyekum dashed into the 400-meter hurdle final with a house record of 47.83 seconds and Karsten Warholm to be legended there with cloth. Welcome to the top of the world and completely different spheres, on and off the train!
Robert Farken was not deterred by his emotional roller coaster ride on the way to the 1500-meter final (“I am afraid”) and, as the sixth, celebrated the best World Cup placement of a German runner about the medium-sized distance since Homiyu Tesfaye, which became fifth at the World Cup in Moscow in 2013.
“Get away into the top of the world and still sophisticated”
Was everything gold that shone in Tokyo black-red gold? No. “Big and small success stories were written,” said Bügner. But it is also clear that “the way back to the absolute top of the world in some disciplines is still long and demanding. Setbacks are part of it. They remind us of how intense and challenging top sport is.”
Weber and the burst gold dream
Last but not least, spear throwing ace Julian Weber was able to sing a song. The “eternal fourth”, actually in the form of his life, was only fifth by an infection. Gold went to Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago with 88.16 meters. “I sometimes thrown that out of a few start -up steps on the meadow in training,” said Weber. It was howling.
The discus launchers Marike Steinacker and Kristin Pudenz also remained far below their possibilities, in the men a German rain drama in the ring and obstacle runner Karl Bebendorf played themselves as a failure after the missed finale.
The moving story of Geher Jonathan Hilbert, who found a kind of happy end in Tokyo after suicidal thoughts, shows how careful everyone should be in the evaluation of people and their (sporty) achievements.
“Horny” mood in Nation -stadium
The 16th over 35 kilometers swarmed and raved about the conditions in Japan’s capital, like many other athletes. Everyone had to struggle with the vast majority and the hot air-air stove climate, but at the same time enjoyed the “horny mood” (hurdle runner OWE Fischer porridge).
So quiet in everyday life, so loud in the stadium
The hosts, so amazingly quiet in everyday life, filled this four years ago at the Corona Olympic Games. According to the World Association, the World Association deployed 600,000 tickets for the nine competition days. The expert and fair enthusiasm of an average of 66,000 spectators was partially deafening and drive for top performance.
Duplantis with world record – again
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis with his 14th world record in the pole vault in front, Tokyo experienced some memorable appearances: The men’s triple jump spectacle with Pedro Pichardo (Portugal) as the best of the best, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone with the second fastest time of 400 meters (47.78 seconds) and last but not least Melissa Jefferson-Wooden As the sprint queen of the World Cup with gold over 100, 200 and 4×100 meters.
Lyles pulls the same with Bolt – “Pocket Rocket” says Tschüs
Noah Lyles, with bronze over 100 meters, relay gold and the largest screeching factor among his Japanese fans, won his fourth title over half of the stadium round and pulled up with Usain Bolt. While “Pocket Rocket” Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce put on another Jamaican sprint legend in Tokyo her last rocket start and won silver again with the season, Lyles and Co.
La 2028 already at a glance
The 2028 Olympic Games in the United States are also the next very large sign for the German Athletics Association. There, the DLV also wants to be among the top five in the nation ranking and further approach the absolute top of the world.
The young, promising German team in Tokyo took many good steps on the way. “A few more will have to follow so that we can achieve the goal,” said sports director Bügner. “But we’re on the right track.”