Four gold, three silver and one bronze. This is the German medal balance on the sixth day of the European Championships in Munich. surprises included.
100 m – Lückenkemper fastest woman in Europe
“Oh, how beautiful it is,” echoed from the stands in Munich’s Olympic Stadium after Gina Lückenkemper surprisingly became European Champion over 100m.
The Germans were more likely to have outsider chances of a medal. But after a solid start, Lückenkemper ignited the turbo and rushed past the Swiss Mujinga Kambundji and the British Daryll Neita with an unbelievable finish. With 10.99 seconds, she can now call herself the fastest woman in Europe.
Decathlon – Gold for Kaul after an insane comeback
Niklas Kaul also ran pretty fast in the final 1500 meter race of the decathlon competition. After a time when only very few had believed in the European Championship title for the 24-year-old from Mainz, he reported back after a disappointing discus throw and, thanks to an outstanding javelin throw and an energetic performance in the final 1500-meter run, was crowned king of the athletes .
With 8545 points, he overtook Simon Ehammer (8468), who had been leading up to that point. Bronze went to Janek Öiglane of Estonia (8346). Kai Kazmirek finished eighth as the second best German, Arthur Abele secured 15th place in the last competition of his career.
Discus – two medals for German women
And the Munich audience couldn’t stop cheering. In a tight discus competition, Kristin Pudenz and Claudine Vita won silver and bronze.
Only permanent European champion Sandra Perkovic threw further. In the end, Pudenz was just eight centimeters behind the Croatian. The 29-year-old from Herford was still satisfied with her performance, because 67.87m is a personal best for Pudenz.
Go – Linke surprisingly wins silver
Walker Christopher Linke celebrated a surprise win with silver. In the 35-kilometer race he only had to give way to the Spaniard Miguel Angel Lopez. For the 34-year-old left it is the biggest success of his career.
Track bike – gold tide does not break off
There was reason to celebrate once again in the Munich exhibition hall. Because the Germans delivered again on the last day of the track cycling competitions.
Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt triumphed in the Madison competition. Previously, Lea Sophie Friedrich with gold and Maximilian Dörbach with silver had climbed the podium – the EM medals no. 11, 12 and 13 for the German Cyclists’ Association. Eight times gold for Germany – an amazing result!
Table tennis – all doubles teams reach the round of 16
The table tennis players can also speak of a successful competition day. After Franziska Schreiner had followed her young teammate Annett Kaufmann into the main draw of the singles competition, the Germans also delivered in doubles: Nina Mittelham and Sabine Winter, as well as Franziska Schreiner and Annett Kaufmann, reached the top 16 in the women’s category.
In the men’s category, the German duo of Benedikt Duda and Dang Qui also made it into the round of 16 with a convincing performance.
Beach volleyball – mixed start for German teams
Not all German beach volleyball teams got off to a successful start in the group phase. The newly formed team with comebacker Kira Walkenhorst and her partner Louisa Lippmann lost to the Swiss duo.
Winter/Henning, Huster/Pfretzschner and Sowa/Pfretzschner also started with a defeat. The veterans Borger/Sude and Ehlers/Wickler were happy about their first victories.