Dreifinger Max Heß brought silver at the European Halle Championship in Apeldoorn Dutch and gave the German team the first medal. There was bronze for long jumper Malaika Mihambo and Till Steinforth in the heptathlon. Colagement Olympic champion Yemisi Ogunleye qualified confidently for the final on Sunday.
The 28 -year -old Max Hess, Chemnitzer, secured silver with a strong 17.43 meters in Apeldoorn behind Andy Díaz Hernández from Italy. The Olympic third passed 17.71 meters and, as before, increased the world year best. The Italian Andrea Dallavalle won bronze with 17.19 meters. For the German team it is the first medal at this European Championship.
Hess shocked the competition in the first attempt. He met the board almost perfectly when jumping and surpassed the world year’s best he had already kept by two centimeters. The lead lasted for a long time before the 29 -year -old born in Cuba drew Díaz Hernández in the fifth round. Hess could no longer counter, but was still very satisfied with his appearance, even if he did not make a second good leap.
Nervous Mihambo fetches bronze
Long femoral Malaika Mihambo was unable to close her titles under the hall roof, but thanks to great nerve strength, bronze won.
The Tokyo Olympic champion from LG Kurpfalz flew to 6.88 meters in the last attempt and thus saved a medal in an exciting competition. The Italian Larissa Iapichino crowned her with 6.94 meters, Annik Kälin from Switzerland was second (6.90).
One day after the sovereign qualification, Mihambo had problems hit the board. In the first round, the best world year, who had not yet won an international gold medal in the hall in her successful career, flew to 6.45 meters. After two invalid jumps and an exuberant round, once more in the last attempt it was enough to increase the hoped -for significant increase.
Steinforth saves medal in the heptathlon
In the men’s heptathlon, Till Steinforth was able to look forward to bronze. In the final 1,000-meter run, the 22-year-old saved eight points ahead of adolescent European champion Johannes Erm from Estonia. Norwegian Sander Skotheim won the title in front of the Swiss Simon Ehammer.
It is the first international medal for Steinforth. The athlete of the SV Halle had already shone on the first day with 6.80 seconds over 60 meters, 7.89 meters in the long jump, a personal best in the shot put (14.95 meters) and 1.98 meters in the high jump.
Olympic champion Yemisi Ogunleye in the final
On Sunday in the shot put, Olympic champion Yemisi Ogunleye is one of the favorites. In qualification with 18.95 meters in the second attempt, the Mannheim woman exceeded the required 18.80 meters. The Dutchman Jessica Schilder was clearly the best with 19.92 meters. “I don’t go in here and say: The gold medal belongs to me. It is a fight, just as it was at the Olympics,” said Ogunleye, who is a little severe in the morning.
At the German indoor championships in Dortmund, Ogunleye had a personal best with 20.27 meters two weeks ago. The Hallen World Cup second of the year also underlined its ambitions to another international medal. In Apeldoorn, open-air European champion Jessica sign from the Netherlands with 19.92 meters clearly the best athlete in qualification, but otherwise nobody was better than Ogunleye.
The other two German starters Katharina Maisch and Alina Kenzel landed six and eight with 18.48 meters and 18.31 meters. They also made it into the final of the best eight athletes.
Volker Hirth, Sportschau, 08.03.2025 12:21 p.m.