Hüctenkämfer Sandrina Sprengel is also on top 10 course after the long jump. Leo Neugebauer slowly gets going in the decathlon. Three German shot puters and two discus throws are in the final. The eighth competition day at an overview.
Sifted combat-Sprengel defends top 10 placement
After her strong first heptathlon day, DLV athlete Sandrina Sprengel also caught a good start to the second day: in the long jump she came to 6.25 meters-that was the fifth best vastness of the entire competition. The 21 -year -old German champion continues to rank in ninth – and has only one point behind Olympic champion Nafi Thiam from Belgium. Gold favorite Anna Hall from the USA is clearly in the lead. British world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson is still third. After the javelin throw (12 noon), the decision about the medals in the final 800-meter run (2:11 p.m.) follows. Vanessa Grimm ended the competition on Saturday before the 200-meter run.
Decathlon – Neugebauer pushes in second place
The Olympic silver medalist Leo Neugebauer is slowly getting going at the World Cup competition: after a tedious start over 100 meters and in the long jump it was much better in the shot put with seasonal best. After three disciplines, Neugebauer, around 150 points behind the American Kyle Garland, is in second place in the overall ranking. At the end of the first day, the high jump and the 400-meter run follow-both disciplines that lie to the German. Niklas Kaul (19th) is already very far behind in the overall classification, but he has his strengths on the second day. Till Steinforth is 22.
Shot put – Ogunleye in the first attempt to the final
Last year, DLV shot put woman Yemisi Ogunleye in Paris surprisingly Olympic champion. This season, the 26-year-old has not yet been outstanding, she is not necessarily one of the titles mentioned. The qualification for the World Cup final (from 12:54 p.m. in the live ticker at Sportschau.de) made her effortlessly: At 19.65 meters, she exceeded the required width of 19.20 meters in the first attempt and also achieved the best wide of all participants. “I hope that I can connect to it tonight and just continue with joy,” said Ogunleye with a view to the medal decision. With Katharina Maisch (18.82 meters/10th) and Alina Kenzel (18.56 meters/11th), the other two German shot puters also qualified for the final of the best twelve.
Discus throw – Janssen and Sosna in the final
In the discus throwing qualification, 66.50 meters were required for direct entry into the final. Nobody managed that from the German trio, but Henrik Janssen (66.47) achieved fifth and Mika Sosna (64.99) as twelfth. “The level is incredibly high this time. In the final we want to unpack one again”said the impressed Sosna after the qualification. Janssen was also “Happy”that it will continue for him in the final: “If I can get the technology somewhat and tighten myself a bit, I can also throw a bit on. Top-8 is the plan.” For Steven Richter, 64.06 meters did not long for the leap into the medal decision with twelve participants on Sunday (1.10 p.m., live at Sportschau.de).
The best throwers in the qualification are three of the medal candidates: the Swede Daniel Stahl threw 69.90 meters away, Kristjan Ceh from Slovenia came to 68.08 meters and the Lithuanian Martynas Alekna reached 67.16 meters.
Walk 20 kilometers – left in tenth place
After 14th place over 35 kilometers, Geher Christopher Linke made the leap into the top 10 on the 20-kilometer distance: he was tenth with almost two minutes behind world champion Caio Bonfim from Brazil. Silver went to Zhaozhao Wang from China, bronze won the Spaniard Paul McGrath. “I am by far the oldest in the top 10, but as long as I bring performance and the training is fun, I can continue,” said Linke in a sports show interview with a view of the future. With Leo Köpp, the second German athlete finished around 20 seconds to Left and took eleventh place.
Thanks to the venue Maria Pérez, Spain climbs further up in the World Cup medal mirror: The 29-year-old also won over 20 kilometers of gold over 35 kilometers after the race-and thus repeated her duplication of Budapest 2023. From the beginning, pérez determined the pace, at the finish line she had twelve seconds ahead of Mexican Aleegna González, who won silver. Japanese Nanako Fujii saved a narrow lead and secured bronze.