Swiss track and field athletes in action: Ehammer with nail biter – Werro runs U20 world record

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He just can’t resist. Simon Ehammer (23) wants to prove after his three clear jump a month ago in the Götzis decathlon at the Swiss all-round championships in Basel that he is still a decathlon athlete with world championships and Olympic stature. But his long jump on the Schützenmatte becomes a trembling game again.

The Appenzeller last time at the Diamond League meetings in Paris – 8.11 m; grade 2; 6 valid attempts and two days ago in Oslo – 8.32 m; Rank 1; 2 valid attempts – proven that he can still fly very far. Yesterday in the decathlon, after two outs, he felt the sword of Damocles above his head again.

Woe if he let go

With nerves of steel, Ehammer unpacks a super width in the third and last attempt: 8.19 m. Redding, now his motto until Sunday evening: Woe, if he lets go. He already showed that in the first 100: 10.42 seconds faster than ever, then he said 8.19 m and 14.51 m with the ball. Despite the light high jump damper (1.98 m) and 47.73 over 400 m, Ehammer is close to his Swiss record for silver at last August’s European Championships in Munich on the first day in Basel.

Sprint duels in miles

In Meilen, two long-term injured sprinters make it difficult for each other when they come back: after an injury break of two years, Silvan Wicki is the loser with 10.44 (lead 10.27) against William Relais (10.32). Ricki Petrucciani gets the 46.30 over 400 m from his Italian training colleague Davide Re (45.54) on the roof. With a bit too much tailwind 2.1 m/sec. Natascha Kouni wins the 100 m duel against Salome Kora with 11.14 at 11.15 seconds.

Source : Blick