Silver sensation: Hess and Ogunleye shine at Hallen-European Championships in Apeldoorn!

Silver sensation: Hess and Ogunleye shine at Hallen-European Championships in Apeldoorn!

Yemisi Ogunleye won a silver medal in the shot put at the European Halle Championships in Apeldoorn on March 9, 2025. It achieved a best width of 19.56 meters. However, she could not keep up with the Dutch winner Jessica Schilder, who set up the World Year's best with 20.69 meters. Ogunleye should have increased her personal best by more than 40 centimeters to win the title. This was the fourth medal for Germany at these championships, but the team was unable to win a title.

Ogunleye's performance is particularly important because she had previously qualified for the final with 18.95 meters. In qualification, Jessica Schilder with a width of 19.92 meters was the best. In the German indoor championships two weeks earlier, Ogunleye even achieved a personal best of 20.27 meters, which set the expectations of her appearance in Apeldoorn even higher.

further medals for the German team

Not only Ogunleye shone, but also Malaika Mihambo could be happy about a medal. In the long jump, she jumped to 6.88 meters in the last attempt and thus secured bronze. Although she said that the competition was under her potential, she said happily about the medal. The European champion in this discipline was the Italian Larissa Iapichino with 6.94 meters, followed by Annik Kälin from Switzerland with 6.90 meters.

In the triple jump, Max Hess showed an impressive performance and won silver with a best width of 17.43 meters. The Italian athlete Andy Díaz Hernández prevailed at 17.71 meters and also improved the world year's best. Andrea Dallavalle from Italy took third place with 17.19 meters. This was the first medal for the German team as part of these European Championships. Heß exceeded his own world year's best by two centimeters in the first attempt.

successful competitions and injury -related setbacks

till Steinforth also contributed to the medal yield by winning bronze in the heptathlon. He also set a new German record with 6,388 points, which was previously held by Leo Neugebauer. Steinforth had to defend his lead over Johannes Erm from Estonia in the 1,000-meter run, which ultimately secured the podium. Sander Skotheim from Norway won the title in the heptathlon, while the Swiss Simon Ehammer took second place.

The European Halle Championships in Apeldoorn thus remain an important chapter for the German team, with remarkable achievements and emotional moments. While the athletes show what they can do, there is hope for further success in the upcoming competitions. As radioenneperuhr.de are decisive for the structure of talents and strengthening the German Athletics teams.

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