Second day of the European Championship: The first Austrian is in the final

Made for a strong performance Lukas Weißhaidinger. He once again showed his class in the discus throw and qualified fourth with 65.06 meters in his only attempt Finale this Thursday (9:45 p.m. CEST). His back was still a problem, but he said he was throwing very well. Will Dibo ended his European Championship debut Rang 27.

Painful EM exit

For Austria’s 400 m hurdlers Anja Dlauhy and Lena Pressler was the final stop in the semifinals. While the ÖLV record holder Dlauhy has one 14. Platz (55.22 seconds) was able to celebrate at her first European Championships, but the competition ended painfully for Pressler.

She closed at the eighth hurdle Fall. „Die Disappointment is great. It would have been a new personal best (54.55 seconds), that’s so annoying. But you can’t change that,” said Pressler.

The Austrian record holder managed the same distance for men Niklas Strohmayer-Dangl the jump into Semifinal (13:55), while his teammate Leo Köhldorfer was the last to be eliminated.

The climb for the Austrian was over 800 meters Caroline Bredlinger out of reach. She came up at the slowest pace Rang 29. The Favorite Femke Broeders-Bol, Keely Hodgkinson and Audrey Werro confidently won their heats.

Also the fastest man in Austria, Mark Fuchsretired 100m heats of the non-prequalified as 23rd. For him it’s now time to catch a flight, because his is in four days Wedding.

From an Austrian perspective, tomorrow awaits hurdle sprinters Enzo Diessl a EM highlight. He starts as a pre-qualifier Semifinal (20.55).