Heptathlete Sophie Weißenberg is still promising in fifth place after five disciplines. Claudine Vita has secured a place in the discus final. DLV walker Saskia Feige was not in full possession of her strength on Sunday (08/20/2023) over 20 km. The second day of competition in Budapest at a glance. Today we will keep you up to date on the events in the World Cup stadium in the live stream and in the live ticker.
Heptathlon – Weißenberg leaves points in the long jump
Sophie Weißenberg dropped points in the long jump in the heptathlon at the start of the second day. In her best attempt, she jumped 6.10 m – her personal best is 6.49 m. After the fifth discipline and before the javelin throw, the 25-year-old DLV athlete is still fifth in the overall ranking with 4,757 points and thus in Bronze tier three range. Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson (4,925) leads ahead of Anna Hall (4,906) and Chari Hawkins (4,799) from the USA. Vanessa Grimm also jumped 6.10 m in the long jump and is 13th overall (4,479).
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Discus throw women – Claudine Vita sovereign in the final
Claudine Vita confidently qualified for the World Cup final in the discus on Tuesday (08/22/2023, 8:20 p.m., live on the first and on sportschau.de). In the qualification, she surpassed the required 64 m with a throw of 64.51 m. “Of course I’m happy. Qualis have their own rules. It’s all the nicer that it worked out so well in the heat and so early in the morning,” said Vita in the Sportschau interview. Kristin Pudenz threw 62.71 m in her best attempt so far – she is also on course for the final. In the first qualifying group, Shanice Craft had thrown 63.42 m and she too should make it into the final of the top twelve. The best distance in qualifying was achieved by gold favorite Valarie Allman from the USA (67.14 m), Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic threw the season’s best performance of 65.62 m.
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20 km walk – Saskia Feige without a chance
Walker Saskia Feige from Leipzig had no chance in the World Championship race over 20 km: Almost eight minutes behind world champion Maria Perez (1:26:51 hours), the 27-year-old finished 30th in 1:34:49 hours Goal. Silver was secured by the Australian Jemima Montag (1:27:16 hours) ahead of the Italian Olympic champion Antonella Palmisano (1:27:26 hours).
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400m Women – Shaune Miller-Uibo and Britton Wilson retired
Over 400 m, defending champion and Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas was eliminated in the lead-up on her comeback after a baby break. The 29-year-old ran the season’s best time of 52.65 seconds, but she wasn’t competitive with the world-class athletes. Her personal best time – set at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo – is 48.36 seconds. With Britton Wilson from the USA, one of the top favorites for the World Cup success in the run-up to a slump in strength was eliminated in an indisputable 53.87 seconds. The fastest time in the World Championship heats was set by Marileidy Paulino from the Dominican Republic (49.90 seconds). The DLV has not nominated any runners for the individual decision over 400 m.
