The third German medal at the Athletics World Cup in Tokyo is perfect. The German hammer thrower Merlin Hummel won the silver medal. His 82.77 meters exceeded only the Canadian Ethan Katzberg, who defended his title.
Hammer thrower Merlin Hummel (Munich) made his dream come true at the World Athletics World Cup and won silver. The 23-year-old increased his best to strong 82.77 m. In the first attempt in the first attempt on Wednesday, only the old and new world champion Ethan Katzberg with a new championship record (84.70/Canada) was better than the student of applied artificial intelligence. Bronze won Bence Halasz (82.69/Hungary).
In the run-up to the title fights this year, Hummel had been cracking the 80-meter brand for the first time thanks to his self-developed AI training app and hopes for a medal-and then the curly head actually withstanded the pressure. The World Cup atmosphere seemed to even inspire Hummel, who, according to his own statement, eats “six eggs” for breakfast. With a magnificent appearance, the power pack won the third medal for the German team in the title fights in Japan.
As the last German hammer thrower previously, Markus Esser (bronze) won a World Cup medal 20 years ago in Helsinki, the last gold previously won Karsten Kobs in Seville 26 years ago. Now Germany has a new King in the ring again with Hummel.