Status: 29.06.2024 09:40 a.m.

For some, the German Athletics Championships today and tomorrow in Braunschweig are the last assessment of their position before the Summer Games in Paris, for others it is the last chance to jump on the Olympic train. ARD is broadcasting live on TV today and on the web from 12 noon.

Javelin ace Johannes Vetter and discus thrower Kristin Pudenz also want to get their ticket to France. With the road to the Olympic Games (July 26 to August 11) getting shorter and shorter, the German athletics problem children must now put their cards on the table. “The curtain falls after the German championships,” said DLV sports director Jörg Bügner: “It is very important to show our colors there and present ourselves.”

Two prominent faces are missing: long jump queen Malaika Mihambo, who is not taking part in the German Championships after a corona infection, and Klosterhalfen (consequences of a viral illness). The two 100 m sprinters Kevin Kranz and Robin Ganter also had to cancel at short notice for health reasons.

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

Joshua Hartmann will compete in the short sprint distance in addition to his favorite event, the 200 m, and will be in the spotlight, as will Gina Lückenkemper in the women’s event. Both of them came away empty-handed at the European Championships. Meanwhile, hurdle ace Gesa Felicitas Krause won silver in Rome and will interrupt her high-altitude training camp in Livigno, Italy, for the national championships in Lower Saxony. The trio have secured their tickets for Paris. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Vetter has to go “all-in” for Paris

Others have been weak this year or haven’t been able to perform at all. Take javelin record holder Vetter, for example. The former world champion, who missed out on an Olympic medal in Tokyo as the top favorite three years ago, is not currently taking part in Paris. The 31-year-old has been struggling with shoulder problems recently, and Vetter now wants to finally get the season started in Braunschweig.

He had to go “all-in,” said Bügner about Vetter, who has not competed in a competition for ten months and also has to throw the standard of 85.50 m. “Otherwise he has no chance at all,” said Bügner. That was “quite a pressure situation.”

“Tough four-way competition” in discus throwing

Meanwhile, Pudenz is facing a “tough four-way competition”. Like the Olympic silver medalist in Tokyo, Marike Steinacker, Claudine Vita and Shanice Craft have also cracked the Paris standard, but only three of the four discus throwers can compete at the Olympics. “She has to step it up a notch,” said Bügner of Pudenz, but the defending champion, who had to let the others go ahead of her at the European Championships, has an ace up her sleeve. According to the nomination guidelines, the new German champion can count on a starting place on the Seine, and the Potsdam native wants to take advantage of that: “I’ve decided to defend the title.”

Will Potye’s knee hold?

Tobias Potye wants that too, but the high jumper is also particularly interested in what his left knee says about his jumps. The Munich native recently had an operation on his patellar tendon and had to cancel his participation in the European Championships in Rome as a result. “100 days before the Olympic Games, this is of course an unusual decision,” the fifth-place finisher at the World Championships told Merkur about the operation. But there was no other way to save his Paris start, as he had already ticked off the standard.

After the operation, Potye has only managed jumps of 2.15 and 2.21 m, far too little to make it to the final at the Olympics. It would be a “good sign if he can jump without pain,” said Bügner about Potye, after all, the European vice-champion from Munich, who has fulfilled the standard, still has a few weeks to get into top form. Other problem children like Vetter are under a completely different pressure – they absolutely have to deliver in Braunschweig.

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