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On Friday, the finals will have decisions in the fencing of the degree, in rhythmic sports gymnastics and canoe. In addition, in the all -around combat it goes into the hot phase.
Canoe: Liebscher-Lucz has to wait for 20th title
The canoeists also entered the title fights on the second day of the finals. Nico Pickert and Hedi Kliemke lived up to their favorite role in the Canadian. Local hero Tom Liebscher-Lucz, on the other hand, must continue to wait for his 20th German championship. Felicia Laberer defended her title in para canoe.
Rhythmic sports gymnastics: Varfolomeev shines in all -round
At the finals two years ago, Darja Varfolomeev determined the headlines of the gymnasts and cleared the titles in all individual competitions. Not excluded that the story in Dresden is repeated. The Paris Olympic champion won the all -around battle, at least confidently. Defending champion Margarita Kolosov missed the medal ranks.
Decathlon: Neugebauer starts with two Season best
The titles are awarded in the athletics tenth fight of men and heptathlon of women. After the first two decisions from Friday and a total of seven out of ten competitions, Tim Nowak expanded his half -time lead. The Ulm became over 110 meters hurdles (14.55 seconds) and fourth in the discus throw (43.78 meters). With 5696 points, the 29-year-old is now clearly ahead of Nico Beckers (5551 points) and Andreas Bechmann (5535 points).
Leo Neugebauer showed the best values over 110 meters of hurdles and in the discus throw. Stuttgart, who trained in the United States, set up a personal best in both competitions. The 25-year-old finished after 14.41 seconds in the hurdle run and hurled the discus to 52.52 meters. He was a bit away from the personal best values (hurdles: 14.33 seconds, discus: 58.70 meters). However, Neugebauer does not fight for the championship title, the German top multi-fellow newbauers and Niklas Kaul are in Dresden, but only complete part of the competitions.
Heditor: Sprengel also wins the long jump
In the heptathlon of women, defending champion Sandrina Sprengel won the competition on Friday. In the long jump, she flew to 6.42 meters and only stayed two centimeters below her personal best. The 21-year-old from LG Steinlach-Zollern won the third of now five disciplines of the heptathlon. Sarina Brockmann was 5.94 meters with a clear deficit.
Sandrina Sprengel at the long jump in Dresden
In the overall ranking, Sprengel continued to expand her lead and, with 4658 points, is clearly ahead of her pursuers Lara Siemer from Leverkusen (4225) and Mareike Rösing from Mainz (4208). Sprengel already won the opening competition over 100 meters hurdles (13.57 seconds) and the shot put (13.91 meters). In the high jump she became second, over 200 meters third.
Fencing: Leverkusen defends title in the team competition
The Degen fencers of TSV Bayer Leverkusen successfully defended their German championship titles in the team at the finals in Dresden. In the women, pottyer Alexandra Ndolo, together with Fiona Müller and Laura Katalin Wetzker, finally prevailed confidently against Eintracht Frankfurt (45:33). Afterwards, the men were also able to celebrate the second title in series. Lukas Bellmann, Marco Brinkmann and Fabian Herzberg, who also compete for the German national team, won their final against challenger FC Offenbach after starting difficulties with 45:30.
Coastal Rowing: Gold to Pirna and Mainz
Franz Werner and Laura Brenker are new masters in coastal rows. The young sport, in which the athletes run from land, then get into a boat, row a short distance in the Elbe and finally sprint on land to a buzzer, became Olympic in 2028. Werner and Brenker underlined their Olympic ambitions at the Coastal Rowing final premiere. Werner defeated Moritz Wolff Berliner, Breker her Mainz teammate Anne Kistenpfennig.
Karl Schulze celebrated an emotional third place among men. The two -time Olympic champion in rowing won bronze again in the last race of his career.
This is how Friday runs at the finals
Friday at the finals begins with the decisions in the fencing of the Degen. First the team competitions are pending, then it goes into the individual competitions. Also in the morning in rhythmic sports gymnastics world -class sport is shown. Both the Olympic champion Darja Varfolomeev and the Olympic fourth Margarita Kolosov are at the start.
Darja Varfolomeev at the European Championships of rhythmic gymnastics.
Canoe with Olympic and Paralympics medal winners
Not in the rowboat but in the canoe, another Dresdner hopes for medals on Friday. The three-time Olympic champion Tom Liebscher-Lucz is also at the start when the medals in the canoe parallel sprint are awarded in the Dresden HafenCity. The kayak mixed races and the para competitions are also held. All medalists of the Paralympics 2024 will participate in the para competitions.