17th August 2014, 18:30 clock
Christina Schwanitz picked as top favorite gold in the shot put
Gold for Ball Queen Christina Schwanitz and the sensationally strong obstacle skier Antje Möldner-Schmidt, relay silver for brilliant Sprinter: The German athletes have got off to a great final sprint in Zurich at the end of the European Championships, a historic debacle they could not prevent, however.
A total of eight medals (4-1-3) are the worst EM result of a German team after the reunification. “We have complied with the duty in the freestyle some hopes have but can not realize,” said Clemens Prokop, President of the German Athletics Association
And that was formulated very benevolent. Especially once the one-half the 16 Medals of Euro 2012 in Helsinki (6 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze) won the DLV team, even the total German minus record of eleven medals (4-5-2) at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg was significantly undercut. Less Medals took the team of the Federal Republic last in 1990 with five -. Then there was in Split but for the GDR in her last appearance 35 times precious metal
javelin thrower and long jumper fumble
On the last day of competition burst again some German medal hopes: The highly bet javelin thrower Andreas Hofmann (Mannheim) and Thomas Röhler (Jena) failed due to their nerves and landed after indisputable performance in ninth and twelve. Long jumper Christian Reif came as no weak 7.95 m and eighth out
In contrast Schwanitz fulfilled her gold-mission uncanny instinct. Having Letzigrund The top favorite from the Erzgebirge LV showed no weakness and let the competition 19.90 m no chance of the second-placed Russia’s Yevgeniya Kolodko (19.39) took silver with a respectable distance. . “It was a nice race, but also very taxing on the head Now it is an amazing feeling,” said Schwanitz
Möldner-Schmidt. “Madness This is unbelievable.”
With the race of her life, the 30 year old Möldner-Schmidt rushed in 9: 29.43 minutes for the first German Championship title over 3,000 m steeplechase. “Madness. This is incredible,” said the Cottbuserin who in 2012 had already brought European Championship bronze in Helsinki. Par with the Swedish favorite Charlotte Fougberg they had come to the last hurdle, Fougberg stumbled – and the road to gold was free for the German. Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Frankfurt) came in at number five.
The German Record Holder Julian Reus (Wattenscheid) and the EM-Fifth Lucas Jakubczyk (Berlin) finally led the German 4×100 m relay in the finals to place two. The quartet, which included yet Sven Knipphals (Wolfsburg) and Alexander Kosenkow (Wattenscheid), had to be strong in 38.09 seconds, only the favored British 200-meter European champion Adam Gemili (37.93) beaten – the German record (38,02) even wobbled. The German women to ex-European champion Verena Sailer failed after changing error in the semifinals.
As early Saturday, the discus-climber Shanice Craft Bronze was secured. “I still can not understand it, not in words,” the 21-year-old said: “On Silver I was close to it – but I have my career ahead of me.” Before Craft only the inviolable Olympic champion Sandra Perkovic (Croatia) were the world’s longest throw in 22 years (71,08) and Vice-World Champion Melina Robert-Michon (65.33 / France).
No medals in the long run routes
The German 1500-m-trio for the World Championship Fifth Homiyu Tesfaye, however, remained without a medal. In the victory of the controversial “nude Jublers” Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (France) in 3: 45.60 minutes came the native Ethiopians Tesfaye (3: 46.46) in fifth place, the German champion Timo Benitz (LG Northern Black Forest) was seventh (3: 47.26), Florian Orth (Regensburg) finished in tenth place (3: 54,35).
Strong Fourth over 5000 m was the German champion Richard Ringer (Friedrichshafen). Britain’s Mo Farah got superstar after his victory over the 10,000 m and the title over half the distance – the slowest EM-race since 1946 (14: 05,82). For the double Olympic champion, it was the fourth of EM-Gold.
No chance in medal fight had the German 4×400 m relay teams. The men around the EM-Sixth Kamghe Gaba (Munich) as well as the women came in sixth place.
On Sunday morning Andre Pollmächer was surprised with the best German marathon result in 28 years. The Düsseldorf ran in 2:14:51 hours at the victory of the Italian Daniele Meucci (2:11:08) finished eighth. In the women’s race, which won the Frenchwoman Christelle Daunay (2:25:14), Mockenhaupt had to give up because of violent ankle pain.
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