Monika Zapalska missed the semi-finals over 100 m hurdles by 0.02 seconds at the home European Championships in Munich.
With 13.39 seconds, the sprinter from TV Wattenscheid was not one of the three fastest times who, in addition to the first three of the three heats, qualified for the semi-finals on Sunday (7:10 p.m. / ZDF). Fastest were Elisa Maria Di Lazzaro of Italy (13.11) and Anne Zagre of Belgium (13.12).
Germany had won two medals in the past title fights in Berlin. The then silver medalist Pamela Dutkiewicz, now called Dutkiewicz-Emmerich, has retired and is expecting her first child. Cindy Roleder is struggling with health problems this year, the SV Halle athlete finished third.