Beach volleyball Olympic champion Kira Walkenhorst made her first success with her comeback after almost two years off. Alongside her new partner Anna-Lena Grüne, the 29-year-old won the opening game against Lena and Sarah Overländer 2: 1 (19:21, 21:12, 15: 9) at the qualification tournament for the German championships in Düsseldorf after a torn first set ).
Walkenhorst, who won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio with Laura Ludwig and ended her career two years later due to persistent physical problems, wants to attack again. The first goal is the qualification for the German championship in Timmendorfer Strand (3 to 6 September). If that doesn’t work this weekend, all that’s left is the Hamburg tour station (August 14th to 16th).
The next goal is the next but one Olympic Games. “If I notice that my body is doing this painlessly, I could actually imagine Paris in 2024,” Walkenhorst had told the sports information service.
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