On Wednesday (08/23/2023) Christina Hering made it into the semi-finals over 800 m with a strong performance and the best time of the season, teammate Maitje Kolberg did not progress. Pole vaulter Gillian Ladwig was eliminated in the qualification. The fifth day of competition in Budapest at a glance. We will also keep you up to date in our live ticker at sportschau.de.
800 m – Starke Hering eliminated in the semifinals, Kolberg
Christina Hering apparently came to Budapest in top form for the season’s highlight. After a strong final phase, the 28-year-old from Munich finished second in the season’s best time of 2:00.06 minutes – so she is in the semifinals on Friday (25.08.2023, 8:25 p.m., in the live ticker sportschau.de) is on the program. “I was very excited today because I knew what I could do. I really wanted to show that – and I’m happy that it worked out so well. It wasn’t easy, but I’m super happy,” said Hering of the sports show. The second DLV runner, Maitje Kolberg, only finished seventh in her preliminary run of 2:01.41 minutes. Unlike last year in Eugene, she missed the World Cup semi-finals. “I felt good up to 600 m, but then I couldn’t get past anyone anymore,” the 23-year-old later complained about the course of the race on ZDF.
Pole vault – Ladwig is eliminated in the qualification
The 24-year-old Gillian Ladwig did not make it into the pole vault final on Saturday (08/26/2023) in his first World Cup participation. In the qualification, the Schweriner jumped 5.35 m, but then broke the bar three times at 5.55 m. The Kaschstan-born World Cup fifth place Oleg Zernikel from ASV Landau, on the other hand, already jumped the 5.55 m in the ongoing qualification and is lying thus on course for the final – the same applies to world record holder Armand Duplantis from Sweden.