Hanna Klein and Florian Bremm won the 5,000 m title at the start of the German Athletics Championships in Braunschweig on Friday. ARD will also be broadcasting the event on TV on Saturday and will be broadcasting it live from 12 noon.
Klein, who started as the favorite after Konstanze Klosterhalfen withdrew, put in an impressive performance and is in top form for Paris. With a time of 15:11.83 minutes, she missed the Olympic standard (14:52.00), but she will secure her ticket for the Summer Games through her position in the world rankings.
The sixth-placed team at the European Championships did not play around in front of the atmospheric backdrop of the Eintracht Stadium, but set a surprisingly high tempo from the start. Only her Tübingen teammate Eva Dieterich and Svenja Pingpank (Hannover) were able to keep up, at least at the beginning. Dieterich even took over some of the leadership work, “we had a little team tactic,” revealed Klein, who was happy about the support: “Teamwork pays off.”
While the European indoor champion over 3,000 m ran like clockwork and after a solo run over the final three kilometers to her ninth national title over 5,000 m, Dieterich followed in her wake and finished second in a personal best time (15:30.28) ahead of Pingpank (16:05.03).
Parsons stopped two laps before the end
In the men’s race, Florian Bremm (Höchstadt/Aisch) successfully defended his title in 13:38.43 minutes. Sam Parsons had been storming ahead for a long time, but Bremm remained in wait and overtook him two laps before the end when the Berliner ran out of energy. The 30-year-old ultimately finished fourth (13:44.89). Silver went to the Wattenscheid 10,000 m specialist Nils Voigt (13:41.21), bronze to Aaron Bienenfeld (Hanau-Rodenbach/13:41.89). The German best of the year and co-favorite Maximilian Thorwirth (Düsseldorf) dropped out early in the race due to injury.
Schedule Athletics German Championships
Saturday
12:05 F Javelin Men
12:10 VL 100 m men
12:25 F Long Jump Men
12:40 VL 100 m Women 13:25 VL 110 m Hurdles 13:40 VL 100 m Hurdles
14:00 F High Jump Men
14:05 F Discus Throw Women
14:10 HF 400 m hurdles women 14:25 HF 400 m hurdles men 14:50 HF 100 m men 15:00 HF 100 m women
15:10 F 3,000 m steeplechase men
15:30 F 110 m hurdles
15:40 F 100 m hurdles
15:50 F Pole Vault Women
16:08 F 100 meters men
16:14 F 100 m Women
16:45 F Shot Put Men
16:45 F 4×400 m Women
17:20 F Triple Jump Women
17:30 F 4×400 m Men
18:05 F Hammer throw women
18:05 HF 400 m women 18:20 HF 400 m men 18:40 HF 800 m women 18:50 HF 800 m men 19:05 HF 1,500 m women 19:20 HF 1,500 m men
Sunday
10:30 F Javelin Women
10:35 F 3×800 Women
10:40 F High Jump Women
11:10 F 3×1,000 m Men
11:50 F 4×100 m Women
12:05 F Triple Jump Men
12:10 F 4×100 m Men
12:25 F Hammer throw men
12:55 F Pole Vault Men
13:10 F 800 m Women
13:20 F 800 m Men
14:10 HF 200 m women
14:15 F Shot Put Women
14:25 HF 200 m Men
14:50 F 400 m hurdles women
15:05 F 400 m hurdles men
15:15 F Long Jump Women
15:20 F Discus Throw Men
15:30 F 400 m Women
15:40 F 400 m Men
15:45 F 1,500 m Women
15:55 F 1,500 m Men
16:05 F 3,000 m steeplechase women
16:25 F 200 m Women
16:45 F 200 m Men
Good atmosphere at the start of the title fights
The Eintracht Stadium was packed for the start of the championships on Hamburger Strasse early on Friday evening. Before the main competition days on Saturday and Sunday, spectators had free entry. “The atmosphere really helped. I’m glad that the stadium was opened and the spectators were allowed to get close to the track,” said Klein, adding contentedly at the ARD microphone: “I’ve had the feeling throughout the season that my recovery was good. Running a 15:11 on my own shows that I’m at a pretty good level.”
In addition to Klosterhalfen, who had to forego her start in Braunschweig due to the effects of a viral infection, as she did at the European Championships in Rome, and will therefore most likely miss the Olympics, defending champion Lea Meyer was also absent. The Leverkusen native is concentrating on her performance in her favorite discipline, the 3000 m steeplechase.
Last exit to Paris
In Braunschweig, 18 German championship titles will be awarded for women and men by Sunday. Some athletes are also fighting for their last chance at the Olympics. The qualification period ends on June 30. In addition to Klosterhalfen, another figurehead is missing: Olympic long jump champion Malaika Mihambo (consequences of a corona infection).
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Sports news | 29.06.2024 | 20:25
