Gesa Krause has reached everything in the obstacle run. And surprises again and again. Now in her seventh (!) World Cup final with a fall on the moat. Get up, run over. ARD light athletics expert Frank Busemann is also impressed.
What do you write about a woman who has already experienced everything, achieved a lot and did little wrong? It happened too long ago, in the middle of her career, when she plunged the obstacle on the back straight and impressed the specialist and non-subject world with a strong statement about her sport. The obstacle run is hard and that is part of it. Complete. No allegations, no lamenting. Focus without excuses, no blaming and grief after missed chance.
Lots of finals for a career
Medals, championship titles, finals. Gesa Krause, the Grande Dame am Wassergraben, she has achieved everything you can imagine. And surprises us again and again.
The signs were extremely bad after a break at the beginning of the season when they crashed into the racing line against the relentless, massive wooden beam on the home stretch. Nevertheless, she absolutely wanted to go to this World Cup and her seventh finale. Seven. This is a lot of finals for a career. And there she stood on Wednesday evening.
Tempo, pain, falls
The participants started their course and made themselves with a real hunt on the seven and a half rounds. When mankind wondered why nature entrusted the female representatives of the species of people with the birth of the child, then there was round indications in the Tokyo.
How to run crazy, to the pain, beyond, keep up the pace, continue until it hurts more and breathe away the pain. And because this inhuman pace seemed to be enough, when all the strength decreased, a few falls were installed.
If we review all of this and seen it, it was a ruthless slaughter. Survival of the Fittest. And because you only stop when the “job” is done, they continued. The audience was deeply impressed whether this collective toughness on the track and delighted to be able to be able to be this spectacle.
Fall on the moat – Mission Completed
Gesa Krause played out all her experience, always knew how far she could strain and ran her race with a view for the big whole and the small ongoing moment. And then – then something happened that she was amazed at in the end: she plunged at the moat.
It was written by a belly lighter. As a inclined outdoor pool visitor, I would say at the diving tower: nice thing.
Just as a pole jumper has to break a rod, a hurdle runner must have a collarbone fracture in the vita, so the obstacle runner must have a fall in the moat in order to be considered a whole man or whole woman. Mission Completed.
The maximum possible despite the misalignant
I can laugh about it now. Gesa too. Nothing happened, she came out of the mess. Fortunately, such things can end differently, but in this case they are not. She defended her place, did not hurt (I sincerely hope that Gesa can look back on the run after normalizing the adrenaline level the next morning) and despite this painting course, the maximum possible squeezes out of the final.
It was impressive again – and if you think you have experienced everything, the sport with its protagonists keeps creating new stories.