Showdown at Ninja Warrior Germany: The best 40 athletes duel in the grand final for overall victory. Who can continue to hope for the 300,000 euros? sport.de looks back on the first final broadcast.
A total of 40 participants made it into the final round, which is divided into three stages in front of Mount Midoriyama. With Andrea Meßner, the Last Woman Standing has already been determined.
In the first final, the ninjas had to face the first course. In addition to the seven obstacles, the athletes also had to fight against the clock. Only those who could finish in less than two minutes are in the second final.
Which candidates are in the next round? For whom, on the other hand, was the end of the line? sport.de provides the answer!
Defending champion is eliminated
Last year, René Casselly was crowned the first Ninja Warrior Germany. Consequently, the defending champion was one of the big favorites in the seventh season. In the semifinals, Casselly was the only ninja to stay under a minute. But the first final was a surprising end for the 26-year-old.
The finger rails 2.0 were fatal to Casselly. “I knew from the start that I wasn’t in great shape this year,” said last year’s winner on the RTL microphone: “I didn’t have much time to prepare but I’m so happy that I can be in the final.”
With Oliver Edelmann, Artur Schreiber and Daniel Gerber, other big names from Ninja Warrior Germany missed the leap to the second final stage.
The finger bar 2.0 mostly turned out to be an obstacle fright. For 19 candidates, the course ended here.
Seven candidates advance
A total of seven athletes managed to overcome all obstacles within two minutes. Sladjan Djulabic set the best time of the evening with a time of 1:28.51.
Behind the 29-year-old, Max Görner (1:38.25) and Jona Schöne (1:41.34) took the other places.
In addition, Lukas Kilian, Moritz Hans, Marvin Mitterhuber and Philipp Göthert made it to the second final stage of Ninja Warrior Germany.
The obstacles in the course
Right at the start of the course, the tire change with a ring awaited the participants. About the padlocks it went on to the triple jump with swinging wings. After the swing arm chaos balls, the ninjas had to prove their arm strength on the ladder to heaven.
The finger rails once again demanded everything from the athletes before they finally went to the wall 2.0.
Ninja Warrior makes the big decision in the second final show (November 18, 8:15 p.m. on RTL).