The German record holder Robert Farken reached the semi-finals over 1500 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday with a controlled run. For hammer thrower Samantha Borutta, this came out in qualification. In the women’s marathon, the decision was made shortly before the end. The second competition day at an overview.
1500 meters – farken controls its lead
Robert Farken has reached his first destination at the World Cup: he is over 1500 meters in the semi -finals. In the third and slowest of the four preliminaries, the 27-year-old ran in the front of the field from the start and thus skillfully skillfully determined the pace. At the beginning of the last round, the DLV athlete also positioned itself alongside Olympic champion Cole Hocker from the USA. At the last 200 meters, the competition did not manage to make the Leipziger dangerous.
In 3: 42.06 minutes he secured the ticket for the semi -finals on Monday (2.30 p.m., live in the first and at Sportschau.de). The World Cup final on Wednesday (3:20 p.m., live in the first and at Sportschau.de) is clearly formulated. “I have now taken the first step, hopefully the second will follow tomorrow. And if it should work: In a final everything is always possible,” said the 27-year-old in the Sportschau interview.
In June, the runner, who trained in the USA at the Diamond League meeting in Rome, broke the almost 45-year-old German 1500-meter record of Thomas Wessinghage (3: 31.58) when he finished 3: 30.80 minutes.
For several top runners, the World Cup-out came surprisingly in the lead. Among other things, the world-year-fastest Azeddine Habz from France and Norwegian Jakob Ingigtsen, Olympic champion on this route in Tokyo and World Cup silver winner of Budapest 2023, missed the move into the semi-finals. The 24 -year -old Intbrigtsen had so far not contested a race in this outdoor season due to a Achilles tendon injury.
Hammer throw – Borutta misses the final
In the hammer throwing qualification of women, Samantha Borutta has significantly missed the width of 74.00 meters required for secure final participation. In her best attempt, she came to 68.96 meters. As a ninth of group A, this is not enough in the final accounts to reach one of the only twelve final places. After a change in technology in the course of the season, the Frankfurt woman in the sports show interview was still satisfied with her appearance: “I think I’m on the right track. Today it was still a bit of a hook at the back.”
The qualification of Group B is currently running. Aileen Kuhn, teammate of Borutta at Eintracht Frankfurt, still has a chance of reaching the final. Defending champion and Olympic champion Camryn Rogers from Canada moved into the final with 77.52 meters. Finnin Silja Kosonen (75.88), Deanna Price from the USA (74.99) and Chinese Jie Zhao (74.24) also exceeded the required qualification.
Marathon – Jepchirchir wins gold in the target sprint
Marathon gold at the World Cup secured Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir. She fought a head-to-head race with Tigst Asefa from Ethiopia on the last kilometers. It was only when both of them gave up the final round in the nation stadium did the decision were made: Jepchirchir won in 2:24:43 hours, at the finish line she was two seconds ahead of her competitor.