The German women’s 4x100m relay was unable to repeat Eugene’s bronze coup. The German quartet with Louise Wieland (Hamburg), Sina Mayer (Zweibrücken), European champion Gina Lückenkemper (Berlin) and Rebekka Haase (Wetzlar) finished sixth in the World Cup final in Budapest in 42.98 seconds.
“We are super happy with it. We sold ourselves dearly on track one, the race was worth every honor after the rollercoaster ride of yesterday’s emotions,” said Lückenkemper.
Somewhat surprisingly, the USA secured gold in a championship record of 41.03 seconds with 100m world champion Sha’Carri Richardson ahead of Jamaica (41.21). Bronze went to Great Britain (41.97).
After a successful protest, the team of the German Athletics Association (DLV) had advanced to the final as the ninth season, because the starting runner Wieland had been touched by an Australian during the handover and was thus disabled. The changes in the race for gold went better, but the podium was just a second away.
The women’s DLV relay surprisingly won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Eugene last year, and a few weeks later there was even gold at the home European Championships in Munich.
In Hungary, however, the chances of precious metal had been slim. Among other things, the former top performers Alexandra Burghardt (Burghausen), Lisa Mayer (Wetzlar) and Tatjana Pinto (Wattenscheid) were missing due to injury.