The German top runner Konstanze Klosterhalfen is still a long way from her best form with about a month before the start of the World Championships in her adopted home of Oregon.
At the Diamond League Meeting in Oslo, the third place in the World Championships from Leverkusen came in eighth over 5000 m. In a solid 14:37.92 minutes, the 26-year-old was well behind her personal best (14:26.76) and the winning time of Dawit Seyaum from Ethiopia (14:25.84).
“It was great as a start, even if I would of course have liked to run at the front,” said Klosterhalfen on “Sky” after a tough race in cold weather and rain: “But it gets better from week to week. It was just easy today a world-class field.”
The former junior European champion Alina Reh (Berlin), who finished 15th in 15:06.29 minutes, had no chance in the top-class field, but only just missed her personal best time. The World Championships will take place in Eugene, Oregon, July 15-24.