The “Ronaldo” hurdler is out: Karl Bebendorf (Dresden) lost the final of the 3000m hurdles at the Olympic Games (Wednesday, 9:40 pm). In his opening heat, the 28-year-old ran alongside Tokyo Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) to seventh place after 8:20.46 minutes. Fifth place would have been enough for third place in the European Championships. of Rome to make it to the final – he was 2 short of that.
The other two DLV runners Velten Schneider (8:25.75 / Sindelfingen) and Frederik Ruppert (8:25.31 / Stuttgart) also did not reach the final. German champion Ruppert, sixth in his heat, was three hundredths short of the expected trophy.
“That’s typical of my year. Overall, successful, but I’m always a few hundred short,” said Ruppert: “It’s strange, but I’m still satisfied.”
Favorite Amos Serem experienced drama in the opening heat with Bebendorf. At the last water ditch the Kenyan ran past the barrier due to a push, turned around, ran back and then jumped over the barrier. As a result, the second world naturally lost a lot of speed. But Serem fought back and almost finished in the top 5 after his race to catch up. In the end he came in sixth place. But thanks to the jury’s decision, the 21-year-old reached the final. “I got pushed, then I lost focus,” Amos said.
Bebendorf is a big fan of soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo. When he surprisingly won bronze at the European Championships in Rome at the start of June, he shouted “Siuuu” into the TV microphones, echoing Portugal’s signature cry. He was “KB7” and “was only wearing CR7 underwear,” he said.
The last time a German hurdler was in an Olympic final was in Sydney in 2000, when Damian Kalabis came 15th.
2024-08-05 18:03:46
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