Steeplechase runner Gesa Krause has reached the World Cup final after a long trembling. The German champion Lea Meyer crashed spectacularly. There was an exciting finish in the 10,000 m final – and a Polish double success in the hammer throw. The second day of competition at a glance.
3,000 m obstacle: Krause happy, Meyer crashes
Despite difficult preparations for the season, Gesa Krause is in the World Cup final over 3,000 m obstacle on Wednesday (07/20/2022). Until then, the 29-year-old had to tremble for a long time. In her pre-run, the two-time European champion finished seventh in 9:21.02 minutes, but finally got the last place in the final with a lead of eight hundredths of a second via the fastest time rule. “Sometimes you have to be lucky and know that it’s worth fighting to the last meter,” said Krause.
The German champion Lea Meyer fell spectacularly at the start of her run at the moat. In 9:30.81 minutes, the woman from Cologne fought her way to the finish, but clearly missed the final.
When I was down in the water and opened my eyes, I thought for a moment: So, is the backbone still whole?
“I didn’t approach the hurdle aggressively enough. That was stupid and annoying,” said Meyer.
10,000 m: Ethiopian Gidey wins gold in the final sprint
Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey won the first race decision in Eugene. In the final over 10,000 m, the world record holder won the year’s best time of 30:09.94 minutes in a gripping photo finish ahead of defending champion Hellen Obiri from Kenya (30:10.02). Bronze went to their compatriot Margaret Kipkemboi (30:10.07). Double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands (30:10.56) finished fourth. The German top runner Konstanze Klosterhalfen will only compete in the 5,000 m. Therefore, no German athlete was at the start over the 25 laps of the stadium.
Hammer throw: gold and silver for Poland
The men’s hammer throw final was a demonstration of power by the favorites from Poland: Pawel Fajdek won World Championship gold for the fifth time in a row with a world best of 81.98 m – and thus wrote history. Second was Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki (81.03 m). Bronze went to Norway’s Eivind Henriksen (80.87 m). The German starter Tristan Schwandke was eliminated in the qualification.
Triple jump: Eckhardt-Noack and Maduka under 14 m
In the triple jump qualification, the two German jumpers clearly missed the final of the top twelve: Neele Eckhardt-Noack (13.93 m) and Jessie Maduka (13.30 m) stayed well below the 14 m mark. To take part in the fight for the medals, 14.27 m would have been necessary.
110 m hurdles: Traber’s run “was unfortunately nothing”
In the hurdle sprint, Gregor Traber literally got “stuck”. After touching several hurdles, the native of Tübingen finished seventh in his race after 13.81 seconds – that wasn’t enough for the semifinals. “I didn’t get in well and then wanted to step on the gas. I was pretty aggressive, but unfortunately that was nothing,” said Traber on ZDF. The fastest was defending champion Grant Holladay from the USA with 13.14 seconds.
High jump: no place in the final for Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch, third at the European Championships, didn’t progress either. The 31-year-old set a personal best of the season with a jump of 1.86 m, but clearly did not make it into the high jump final in 21st place.
400 m hurdles: Warholm without problems
Norway’s hurdles star Karsten Warholm seems ready for the title defense project despite his thigh injury. The Olympic champion and world record holder won his lead effortlessly and apparently fit in 49.34 seconds. He slowed down visibly before the finish. The semifinals will take place on Monday (07/18/2022/3 a.m. CEST), the final on Wednesday (07/20/2022/4:50 a.m. CEST).
Three decisions on Sunday night
On Sunday night there are three more decisions – all without German participation: men’s long jump, women’s shot put and, as a highlight, the men’s 100 m.