Javelin thrower Julian Weber missed the required distance in the qualification, but will probably still make it into the final. The decathletes started well. The seventh day of competition in Budapest at a glance. There are four finals in the evening. We keep you up to date in the live ticker at sportschau.de.
Javelin throw – Julian Weber remains in qualification under 83 m
European javelin champion Julian Weber had a harder time qualifying for the final on Sunday (August 27, 2023, 8:15 p.m., live ticker at sportschau.de) than he had hoped and expected. The 28-year-old Eugene, fourth at the World Championships, threw the javelin 82.39 m in his best attempt – the required distance for safe entry into the final was 83 m. In Group A, Weber was behind the outstanding Indian Neeraj Choppra (88, 77 m) but in second place, so that the entry into the final should still succeed. The athlete from USC Mainz and his trainer Burkhard Looks will only know for sure when the throwers in Group B have completed their qualification (from 11.45 a.m.). After a “mixed qualification”, the two are now hoping for a “carefree finale”, as Looks said on ZDF.
Decathlon – decent start for the DLV trio
The three German decathletes got off to a solid start on the first day of the World Cup. The German record holder Leo Neugebauer ran in 10.69 seconds, close to his personal best (10.61) and after the first discipline is tenth in the overall standings with 931 points. European champion Niklas Kaul, who has his strengths on the second day, ran the best time of the season in 11.20 seconds and is currently in 23rd place with 817 points. The best DLV decathlete before the long jump (from 10.55 a.m.) is World Cup debutant Manuel Eitel. With 10.44 seconds he ran the third fastest time of all participants – 989 points are noted for him. Only Canada’s Damian Warner (10.32 sec/1,018 pts) and Ayden Owens-Delerme from Puerto Rico (10.43/992) are ahead of him.
