In Australia: Meißen woman dives 50 meters to World Championship gold
The Lauerwald family from Meissen won their first medal at the lifeguard world championships in Australia. The time: record-breaking.
By Andre Schramm
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Ute-Christiane Lauerwald (60) from Meissen in Australia. © Steph Dittschar
Meissen/Brisbane. Undine Lauerwald and her mother Ute-Christiane are currently in Southport, Australia, not far from Brisbane. The Lifesaving World Championships (LWC) have been taking place here since August 23rd. The first reports of success have already been received.
Ute-Christiane Lauerwald, who is taking part in the World Championships as part of the DLRG Luckenwalde eV team, won the World Championship title in the “100 meter rescue with fins” in the 60-year-old age group. In the competition, the lifeguards swim 50 meters freestyle with fins and then dive to a dummy lying on the bottom of the pool. They bring the dummy to the surface of the water within a range of ten meters and drag it to the finish. It has become known that Ms. Lauerwald dived the first 50 meters to the dummy.
The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, venue for the pool competitions. © Steph Dittschar
“She won with a top time and even came close to the world record,” said husband Tom Lauerwald, who had to stay at home. As Lauerwald reported, his wife won the pool competition by just under eight seconds ahead of the runner-up. “You have to know that the Australian competition is really strong,” Lauerwald continued. He keeps in touch with his family by phone, but has to take the eight-hour time difference into account. (SZ/asc)
