Olympiastadion Berlin: This is how the Istaf went for the athletics stars

Three weeks after the Summer Olympics in Paris, the German athletics stars celebrated at the ISTAF in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. Among them: Gina Lückenkemper, Yemisi Ogunleye and Leo Neugebauer. The spectators – 35,000 tickets had been sold beforehand – experienced exciting competitions on Sunday.

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Livestream: Athletics – Istaf from the Berlin Olympic Stadium

Triathlon (men): Neugebauer wins unusual discipline

Decathlete Leo Neugebauer, who had travelled from Paris as a silver medalist, led the field in the triathlon and lived up to his role as favourite. The discipline, consisting of the 100-metre sprint, discus and 1,500-metre run, was “created” especially for the Istaf and was very popular with athletes and spectators.

In the short distance sprint, Manuel Eitel was the fastest runner after 10.51 seconds. Leo Neugebauer came second (10.61 seconds), and the Swiss Andrin Huber secured third place (10.82 seconds). With the discus, Neugebauer was clearly the best with 53.13 meters and took the overall lead. Before the final 1,500 meters, the point differences were converted into time differences and the race was held as a pursuit. Neubauer therefore started first and was the hunted one. The 24-year-old ran a personal best time of 4:38.10 minutes this year and secured the win.

After the race, he said in an ARD interview: “Until the last lap, I had no idea where the others were. I looked around and didn’t see anyone. I still had some energy left and gave it a bit of gas. That was really a lot of fun.”

Discus throw (women): Pudenz shines, Harting says goodbye

In the women’s discus throw, things got emotional even before the medal decision was made. Local hero Julia Harting competed in the last competition of her career. With a distance of 58.69 meters, she came seventh and although she had nothing to do with the podium, her fellow competitors and family and friends in the stands celebrated her appropriately.

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Kristin Pudenz from SC Potsdam secured the victory. With a strong final attempt, the German champion and Olympic silver medalist from Tokyo hurled the disc 64.14 meters, relegating Olympic fourth-place finisher Marike Steinacker to second place.

100 meters (women): Lückenkemper wins last race of the season

After winning bronze in the relay in Paris, sprint star Gina Lückenkemper also shone at the Istaf Berlin. At her favorite meeting in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, the 27-year-old from SCC Berlin won the 100 meters on Sunday in a personal best of 10.93 seconds.

“It was just so much fun running here. The fact that it worked out here means so much to me,” she said after her race on ARD, but added: “It’s a few weeks too late, I would have preferred Paris.” In addition to the bronze medal in the Olympic relay in Paris, the European champion had reached the semi-finals in the individual 100 meters.

Her relay teammates Lisa Mayer and Rebekka Haase came fourth and ninth in Berlin on Sunday.

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Shot put (women): Schilder beats Olympic champion Ogunleye

Olympic shot put champion Yemisi Ogunleye was unable to repeat her 20-meter throw in Berlin. Three weeks after her gold success, she managed 18.65 meters in the Olympic Stadium. That was enough for the 25-year-old to take second place. She was satisfied with that afterwards at the ARD microphone: “I think after a season like this, it’s important to have fun and soak up the atmosphere here in Berlin.”

European champion Jessica Schilder from the Netherlands won the race with ease. Schilder was the only competitor to exceed the 19-meter mark with 19.07 meters and then finished with 19.70 meters. Olympic ninth-place finisher Alina Kenzel came in fifth with 18.13 meters.

400 meters (women and men): Buhlman and Bredau impress

Luna Buhlman won the 400 meters. The 24-year-old missed her personal best with 51.58 seconds, but was able to secure the victory ahead of the Dutch Lisanne De Witte (52.21 seconds) and Eileen Demes (52.26 seconds).

Buhlman’s friend and sprint colleague Jean Paul Bredau from SC Potsdam finished in 45.03 seconds in the men’s race, leaving Zandrion Barnes from Jamaica (45.47 seconds) and the Briton Alex Haydock-Wilson (45.60 seconds) behind. Manuel Sanders from Dortmund came in fifth with 45.96 seconds.