2023-08-20 10:43:00
DLV sprint star Gina Lückenkemper ran into the World Cup semifinals on Sunday (08/20/2023) with the handbrake on. As hoped, Claudine Vita, Shanice Craft and Kristin Pudenz have secured their places for the discus final at the World Championships in Athletics. Joshua Abuaku and Emil Agyekum are two German 400m hurdle runners in the semifinals. Heptathlete Sophie Weißenberg is still promising in fifth place following five disciplines. DLV walker Saskia Feige was not in full possession of her strength over 20 km. The second day of competition in Budapest at a glance. Today we will keep you up to date on the events in the World Cup stadium in the live stream and in the live ticker.
100 m women – Gina Lückenkemper sprints into the World Cup semifinals
European Champion Gina Lückenkemper successfully completed her first compulsory task at the World Championships in Budapest. In her preliminary run over 100 m, she finished third in 11.21 seconds and thus secured a place for the semi-finals on Monday (21.08.2023, 8.35 p.m., in the live ticker at sportschau.de). “The start was halfway okay. But then I felt something in my back, which was uncomfortable in the race. I didn’t want to push too hard,” she explained on the sports show microphone. Now the physiotherapists are required to get her in top shape once more for the next round. “I dare to do a much faster time than today.”
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Discus throw women – DLV trio reaches the final
Claudine Vita, Shanice Craft and Kristin Pudenz, who came second at the European Championships and Olympics, have qualified for the World Cup final in discus on Tuesday (08/22/2023, 8:20 p.m., live on Erste and on sportschau.de). Vita, third at the European Championships, was the only one of the DLV trio to surpass the required 64 m with a throw of 64.51 m. “Of course I’m happy. Qualifications have their own laws. It’s so hot and so early on It worked so well tomorrow is all the better,” said Vita in the Sportschau interview. Kristin Pudenz threw 62.71 m in her best attempt and was not satisfied with tenth place in the qualification. “That’s enough for the final, but it was only a tentative approach. There has to be more in the final,” she said. Shanice Craft had thrown 63.42 m in the first qualification group, she made it into the final of the top twelve in sixth place. The best distance was achieved by gold favorite Valarie Allman from the USA (67.14 m), Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic threw the season’s best performance of 65.62 m. Defending champion Feng Bin (China/65.68 m) was also convincing.
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400m hurdles men – Abuaku and Agyekum run to semifinals
The Frankfurt sprinter Joshua Abuaku apparently traveled to the World Cup in top form: the DLV runner made it into the semi-finals over 400 m with a personal best of 48.32 seconds and won his heat. “I announced beforehand that I’m in a good mood. The first step has been taken, tomorrow we will continue,” said the German champions in an interview with Sportschau. Also in the semifinals is Emil Agyekum from Berlin, who made it through the time control in 49.00 seconds. “It’s nice that it worked. I’m focused on what’s to come,” he said. The World Cup semifinals will take place on Monday (08/21/2023, 7:33 p.m., in the live ticker on sportschau.de). Constantin Preis, who suffered from back problems, was eliminated in 49.45 seconds. “Despite the injury, I tried everything. It’s a miracle that I ran today.”
Heptathlon – Weißenberg leaves points in the long jump
Sophie Weißenberg dropped points in the long jump in the heptathlon at the start of the second day. In her best attempt, she jumped 6.10 m – her personal best is 6.49 m. After the fifth discipline and before the javelin throw, the 25-year-old DLV athlete is still fifth in the overall ranking with 4,757 points and thus in Bronze tier three range. Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson (4,925) leads ahead of Anna Hall (4,906) and Chari Hawkins (4,799) from the USA. Vanessa Grimm also jumped 6.10 m in the long jump and is 13th overall (4,479).
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20 km walk – Saskia Feige without a chance
Walker Saskia Feige from Leipzig had no chance in the World Championship race over 20 km: Almost eight minutes behind world champion Maria Perez (1:26:51 hours), the 27-year-old finished 30th in 1:34:49 hours Goal. Silver was secured by the Australian Jemima Montag (1:27:16 hours) ahead of the Italian Olympic champion Antonella Palmisano (1:27:26 hours).
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400 m – Manuel Sanders is eliminated in the World Cup heat
Manuel Sanders just missed out on the 400m semifinals. The German champion ran 45.34 seconds in the lead – the Dortmunder was missing a tenth in the end to be among the top 24 sprinters. The 25-year-old had already competed twice in the 4x400m mixed relay the day before and had achieved seventh place there together with the team. “Of course it wasn’t optimal preparation for the competition, but the mixed final was the main goal, but it’s still annoying that it didn’t work out,” said Sanders in an interview with Sportschau.
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400m Women – Shaune Miller-Uibo and Britton Wilson retired
Over 400 m, defending champion and Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas was eliminated in the lead-up on her comeback following a baby break. The 29-year-old ran the season’s best time of 52.65 seconds, but she wasn’t competitive with the world-class athletes. Her personal best time – set at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo – is 48.36 seconds. With Britton Wilson from the USA, one of the top favorites for the World Cup success in the run-up to a slump in strength was eliminated in an indisputable 53.87 seconds. The fastest time in the World Championship heats was set by Marileidy Paulino from the Dominican Republic (49.90 seconds). The DLV has not nominated any runners for the individual decision over 400 m.
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