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. Aileen Kuhn made it into the final from the DLV hammer throw duo. 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 – Kuhn secures a final place
Nice success for hammer thrower Aileen Kuhn: In qualification group B, the U23 European champion missed the required width of 74.00 meters for a safe final place, but she is still there in the fight for the medals on Sunday (2 p.m., live in the first and at Sportschau.de). With her best width of 70.85 meters, she moved into the twelve -member final field as the eleventh. It is the first German in a hammer throwing final of women since Kathrin Klaas in 2017.
Her teammate from Eintracht Frankfurt, Samatha Borutta, was eliminated. In qualification group A she only came to 68.96 meters and was in 20th place in the final accounting. 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 world year’s best Brooke Andersen and her US team-mate Rachel Richeson, both of whom, both in qualification are not surprisingly in the fight for gold. Defending champion and Olympic champion Camryn Rogers from Canada, on the other hand, 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) were also convincing and are considered medal candidates.
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.