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Vetter and Hussong win Diamond League

JAckpot cracked, World Cup ticket booked – only with the damned 90 meters it was nothing again: Javelin thrower Johannes Vetter consoled himself with victory in the Diamond League after the Olympic bankruptcy in Tokyo. The German record holder from Offenburg won the final in Zurich on Thursday evening with 89.11 meters.

In addition to a $ 30,000 win bonus, the 28-year-old sports soldier was also allowed to tick off the early World Cup qualification – the premier class winner has personal right to start in the 2022 title fights in Eugene in the United States.

“I’m very satisfied, it’s a great distance – even if I would have liked to have cracked the 90 meters again,” said Vetter on Sky, “everything hurts, now the ISTAF in Berlin, and then it’s off the holidays.”

In the seventh competition in a row, Vetter stayed below the 90-meter mark, which he had previously exceeded seven times in a row between April and June. Behind the ex-world champion, the Olympic fourth Julian Weber (Mainz) ensured a German double victory in second with 87.03 meters.

There was also a payday for Speer European Champion Christin Hussong (Zweibrücken), who prevailed with 65.26 meters ahead of World Champion Kelsey-Lee Barber (Australia, 62.68 meters) and went on the well-deserved lap of honor with Vetter. Hussong can also use it to plan for Eugene. “Nothing went right at the Olympics in Tokyo, but today I showed that I should have belonged on the podium,” said the 27-year-old athlete.

Gesa Felicitas Krause is exhausted

European champion Gesa Felicitas Krause (Trier) had to pay tribute to a tough season over 3000 meters obstacle and clearly missed a top result. The Olympic fifth came in ninth place out of ten runners in the 3000 meter obstacle race.

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