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Sophie Weißenberg won the 25th Stadtwerke Mehrkampf Meeting. The Leverkusen player showed a stable performance and collected 6,273 points. Seventh-time Olympian Carolin Schäfer took second place with 6,170 points.
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HEPTATHLON DAY 2
800 meters | Carolin Schäfer combative, overall victory for Sophie Weißenberg
On the last 800 meters, Carolin Schäfer again mobilized all her reserves. On the final lap, the Frankfurter took the lead, fought for every tenth and, completely exhausted, crossed the finish line with a new personal best of 2:13.95 minutes. A conciliatory conclusion for the 30-year-old, who collected 6,170 points in the final count.
Sophie Weißenberg didn’t let the lead get too big on the last lap and finished fourth after 2:18.72 minutes. With 6,273 points, the Leverkusen player not only won in Ratingen for the first time, but also remained 23 points above the European Championship standard for Munich. Third place in the general classification goes to the Frenchwoman Léonie Cambours (5,933 points). They were followed by Anna-Lena Obermaier (LG Telis Finanz Regensburg; 5,745 points) and American Shaina Burns (5,716 points) with the best performance.
CONTEST COMMENTS:
Sophie Weissenberg (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen):
“I’m incredibly happy. Because I didn’t expect to win in Ratingen. The atmosphere in Ratingen was incredibly good, I got goosebumps as soon as I saw the athletes. These are solid results without the value outlier on the rise. If there is, I can attack the World Cup standard in Götzis. I exceeded the European Championship standard and I’m happy with my first start with the big guys.”
Carolin Schaefer (Eintracht Frankfurt):
“I didn’t expect to win the 800 meters at the end. But winning with the best performance once again felt good for the lead. Of course, the performances were not what I expected of myself. But it is important to deliver in summer. Jumps and sprints are not going well at the moment. But that’s normal at this stage of the season. Whether I start in Götzis will only be decided in the short term.
javelin throw | Sophie Weißenberg against launched by Carolin Schäfer
Sophie Weißenberg celebrated 45.84 meters on the first attempt. After a second unsuccessful attempt, the woman from Leverkusen followed the last javelin throw and pushed the 600 gram device 48.00 meters smoothly. The 24-year-old threw nearly five meters further than in her best heptathlon and picked up major points overall.
Carolin Schäfer was not satisfied. The 54-yard thrower had 47.81 yards on her best attempt. The third best javelin thrower of the afternoon was Anna-Lena Obermaier. The Regensburger came in at 41.81 meters.
In the general classification, Sophie Weißenberg approaches the last 800 meters with 5,432 points and 170 points ahead of Carolin Schäfer. Which corresponds to about twelve seconds. With a time of 2:17 minutes, Sophie Weißenberg would set a new personal best. The French Léonie Cambours lost second place in the general classification despite a new better javelin throw (35.05 m). She is third after six disciplines with 5,033 points.
long jump | Lovisa Karlsson wins with best performance
Prior to her heptathlon career, Sophie Weißenberg (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen) was successful in the youth class as a long jumper. In 2016, she won silver at the U20 World Championships. Of course, this discipline remains one of its absolute assets in the heptathlon. She proved it at the start of the second day of the 25th all-around Stadtwerke Ratingen. Sophie Weißenberg jumped 6.21 meters on the first attempt, although she gave up about 25 centimeters on the board.
On the third attempt, she hit the board, but technically the jump wasn’t round. 6.15 meters meant no increase. Lovisa Karlsson celebrated a new personal best. The Swede jumped 6.27 meters on the third attempt and was the best long jumper. Belgian Hanne Maudens (6.09m) is the third athlete to cross the six-meter mark.
In her first long jump competition of the year, Carolin Schäfer missed the six meter mark. The Frankfurt woman’s best attempt was 5.84 meters. As a result, the 30-year-old dropped significant points in order to be within the World Cup norm range for Eugene of 6,420 points. She only missed the standard by one point when she finished seventh at the Tokyo Olympics.
In the general classification, Sophie Weißenberg increased her lead with 4,611 points. Behind them, the French Leonie Cambours (4,460 points) and Carolin Schäfer (4,444 points) swapped places. Anna Maiwald (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen) did not participate in the second day of the heptathlon.
HEPTATHLON DAY 1
200 meters | Sophie Weißenberg wins and extends her lead
With a great race at the end of the first day of the heptathlon, Sophie Weißenberg (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen) extended the lead in the heptathlon. In a headwind, she won the fastest 200-meter run in 24.03 seconds. They were followed by Carolin Schäfer (Eintracht Frankfurt) in 24.40 seconds and Leonie Cambours of France (24.44 seconds). Anna-Lena Obermaier (LG Telis Finanz Regensburg; 25.42 sec) celebrated another best performance in race two.
Overall, Sophie Weißenberg collected 3,696 points at halftime. Carolin Schäfer has 3,643 points, Léonie Cambours 3,620 points. They are followed by Anna Maiwald (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen; 3,431 points) and Anna-Lena Obermaier, who is on track to achieve her best performance with 3,391 points.
shot put | Carolin Schäfer satisfied, Shaina Burns in front
After an invalid first attempt, Carolin Schäfer clenched her fist in the shot put after the second round and clapped the hands of her coach Michael Kaul. The four-kilo ball landed at the 14-meter mark, measuring exactly 13.98 meters and therefore only one centimeter short of its seventh-place finish at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.
Things got even better for Shaina Burns. The American celebrated the new personal best of 14.70 meters on the third attempt. She was the only heptathlete to surpass the 14 meter mark. Behind Carolin Schäfer followed Anna Maiwald (13.81m) and Sophie Weißenberg (13.59m).
In the overall standings, the leading quartet shrunk after the shot put. Sophie Weißenberg took the lead with 2,718 points, followed by Carolin Schäfer 18 points ahead of Leonie Cambours (2,681 points) and shot put winner Shaina Burns (2,679 points).
high jump | Léonie Cambours with 1.80 meters the strongest heptathlete
Léonie Cambours runs at high speed towards the crossbar in the high jump. If the Frenchman can convert that speed into jumping, that’s high. After all, the high jumper has a remarkable personal best of 1.86 meters. The 21-year-old has also shown in Ratingen that she has mastered the discipline. With 1.80 meters, the seventh at the World Indoor Championships was the best heptathlete in the high jump. At 1.83 meters, she narrowly failed three times.
Sophie Weißenberg would have loved to jump 1.80 meters in Ratingen. But at this height the bar fell three times. He therefore remained at 1.77 meters for the woman from Leverkusen. The second in the 2019 European U23 Championship jumped exactly that height in her best heptathlon of her career with 6,293 points.
Carolin Schäfer was not satisfied. After the third invalid attempt on 1.74 meters, the Frankfurter left the mat shaking her head. Just 1.71 meters has been rated for the 30-year-old. Mareike Rösing has grown three centimeters. In the general classification, Leonie Cambours takes the lead with 2,017 points ahead of Sophie Weißenberg (1,951 points) and Carolin Schäfer (1,907 points).
100 meters hurdles: Carolin Schäfer runs in 13.57 seconds
Carolin Schäfer (Eintracht Frankfurt) got off to a good start in the Ratingen heptathlon. The 30-year-old won the 100 meters hurdles against a headwind in 13.57 seconds, making her the fastest competitor in the all-around. The 2017 vice-world champion increased her best performance of the season by 13 hundredths. One hundredth behind, Léonie Cambours (France) took second place with the best performance.
Sophie Weißenberg (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen) also stayed well below the 14 second mark with 13.78 seconds. A new personal best (13.65 seconds) would have been possible for the Leverkusen woman. But a technical error at the eighth hurdle cost me some speed. In the first race, race winner Lovisa Karlsson (Sweden) scratched the 14-second mark with 14.02 seconds. Anna-Lena Obermaier celebrated a new personal best. The Regensburger improved by one hundredth to 14.24 seconds.
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