For Verena Mayr, the heptathlon on the European Athletics Championships was already over after two disciplines: she needed to pay bodily tribute to the flu an infection she caught every week in the past and gave up after the 100 m hurdles and the excessive bounce.
“The choice hurts, however it’s the solely wise one. The physique is just not prepared for a heptathlon,” stated the Ebensee athlete. The scorching warmth of 30 levels and blazing solar within the Olympic Stadium took its toll on many yesterday. For Mayr, who really had the European Championships in her calendar as an vital competitors in preparation for the Olympic Video games in Paris, it was merely an excessive amount of. “The hurdles weren’t so good straight away. Simply wanting on the response time, you realize that I’m not at one hundred pc. It was comparable within the excessive bounce, so it would not make sense.”
Hurdle sprinter within the semifinals
Karin Strametz and Enzo Diessl didn’t promise an excessive amount of and each made it confidently into the semifinals on Saturday within the hurdles dash. Strametz superior to the 13 prequalifiers as winner of her warmth and fourth total within the 100 m in 12.99 seconds, whereas Diessl joined the 12 who had been seeded for the semifinals based mostly on their earlier performances within the 110 m as second total in 13.56. Lena Millonig missed out on a spot within the finals within the 3000 m steeplechase, coming fifteenth in her semifinal in 9:57.50 minutes.
100m sprinter Markus Fuchs is aiming for a spot within the ultimate on the Olympic Stadium. To do that, he have to be within the high two in his warmth on Saturday (from 9.10 p.m.) or be among the many different two quickest occasions. “I’ve already made it to a European Championship ultimate, I am one of many quickest and I understand how to get there,” stated Fuchs, who final 12 months lowered the ÖLV document to 10.08. Tobias Rattinger may also be making his European Championship debut at present (10.10 a.m.) within the 3000m steeplechase. “It is already a fantastic success for me to be right here. In fact, making it to the ultimate could be a sensation, you’ll be able to’t rely on it,” stated the 26-year-old from Steyr.
Gogl-Walli desires to ship
On Sunday (1:20 p.m.), Leo Köhldorfer, one other Higher Austrian European Championship debutant, will enter the 400-meter hurdles. Within the night (8:05 p.m.), Susanne Gogl-Walli, one of many nice home ultimate hopes for the stadium lap, will probably be competing for the primary time. She has all the time delivered persistently at main occasions. “The foundations for quick occasions are there. I wish to enhance on my twentieth place in Munich,” stated the Tokyo 2021 Olympic semi-finalist. However she would not really feel any strain. “I haven’t got to run an Olympic restrict or take a look at anything. So I can run fully freely.”
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