European Championships: Lückenkemper competes for EM gold on 100 meters

Status: 17/08/2022 00:51

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Gina Lückenkemper is the new sprint queen in Europe! The Westphalian defeated the entire continent’s elite in the 100m final. Disc thrower Kristin Pudenz unleashed a dramatic exchange of blows with reigning champion Sandra Perkovic. It was a thriller at the European Championships in Munich 2022. On a day that ultimately turned into a German triumph.

Lückenkemper was at best considered an outsider in the 100m final, at least three competitors were rated higher due to their previous performance. But the 25-year-old was completely focused at the right time.

The runner-up of the 2018 European Championship, who otherwise had some weaknesses at the start, came out well from the blocks and really picked up speed in the second half of the race. In the end, three riders were more or less tied and the photo finish brought it to light: third place in the World Cup relay had a slim lead with a time of 10.99 seconds.

Attracted by emotions

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Pure joy with a bandaged knee

The rest was pure joy and unbridled jubilation, even though Lückenkemper suffered a flesh wound when she fell across the finish line, which was then stitched up in the hospital with eight stitches. It is still unclear whether the start of the season is at risk.

With a bleeding leg, the winner celebrated in the ARD interview with the first hearing in Munich: “The setting here, the enthusiasm of the people – that really pushed me. I still can’t really believe the result.”

At the European Championships in Munich the fastest woman in Europe on 100 meters was chosen.

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Gina Lückenkemper is delighted after the EM gold in the 100 meters and reveals that she has barely competed.

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Swiss indoor world champion Mujinga Kambundji also finished second with 10.99 seconds. Third was the British Daryll Neita, only a hundredth of a second slower.

Pudenz offers a thrilling duel with Perkovic

Three German athletes made it to the discus final with Kristin Pudenz, Claudine Vita and Shanice Craft. And the final battle became a thriller. Pudenz and Sandra Perkovic, 32, traded hard blows.

Pudenz, Perkovic, Vita – the podium in the discus throw

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If one presented a new best, the other responded. In the end, the Croatian was 67.95 meters, just eight centimeters ahead of the Olympic silver medal, which took her home record to 67.87 meters and was awarded silver.

Claudine Vita was also able to celebrate, third with an excellent 65.20 meters and was happy with the bronze medal.

The decision of the decathlon, the final of the women’s discus and the final of the 100 meters with Gina Lückenkemper, among others, the last two and a half hours of the evening session on Tuesday at the European Championships in Munich in full.

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Mihambo is back in good shape

Meanwhile, Malaika Mihambo is reaching her next home European title. The Olympic champion, infected with the Corona before the title fight in Bavaria, easily qualified for the final on Tuesday (16.08.2022) at the Olympic Stadium with 6.99 meters.

After his Covid 19 illness, Mihambo gave the green light to start in Munich only on Friday. Although the 28-year-old had been ill for ten days, she had the Corona “Of course it hasn’t lost so much substance”. According to her own statement, the German “Sportswoman of the Year” dares to jump over seven meters even after her illness.

Malaika Mihambo achieved an excellent second jump in the long jump qualifiers at the European Championships.

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Mihambo hat noch Potenzial

He backed up this claim with a strong performance in qualifying. In the first round the world champion got over herself, on the second attempt she swept away the last doubts with her sentence just under seven meters. The outstanding athlete even delivered 16.4cm on the board.

Merle Homeier is also in the final: 6.49 meters were enough. Instead, Maryle Luzolo and Mikaelle Assani failed. The latter missed the final by just three centimeters with 6.46 meters.

European Athletics Championships: long jump, women
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Three German high jumpers in the final

In the early evening there was great news from German high jumpers. Tobias Potye, Mateusz Przybylko and Jonas Wagner all managed to 2.21 in qualifying, enough to enter the final round.

Disappointment in the 100-meter sprinters

It wasn’t enough for the three German 100-meter runners, who took part in a total of three semi-finals. Despite decent times, Lucas Ansah-Peprah (10.19), Owen Ansah (10.20) and Julian Wagner (10.22) were denied a place in the final.

In the final, Italian Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs clearly triumphed ahead of reigning champion Zharnel Hughes from Great Britain. His compatriot Jeremiah Azu won the bronze.

Bebendorf in the hurdle final

German champion Carl Bebendorf showed a good performance over the 3,000m hurdle. He finished second in the semifinals and will certainly be in the final. The even bigger surprise was offered in the second heat by another German: Niklas Buchholz led a lively race and also made progress over time.

European Athletics Championships: 3000 meters hurdle, men
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Gregor Traber was convincing in the 110m hurdles: he won his preliminary heat with 13.69 seconds and thus made it to the semifinals. Corinna Schwab and Alica Schmidt, on the other hand, lost over 400 meters in the semifinals.

Mohamed Mohumed did not start beyond 5,000 meters due to muscle problems. While Norwegian world champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen successfully defended his title in 13: 21.13 minutes, Sam Parsons (Frankfurt) ran as the best German starter with a solid sixth place in 13: 30.38 minutes.

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