kOlympic putter Yemisi Ogunleye won at the World Indoor Championships in glasgow Surprisingly he won the silver medal. The 25-year-old from Mannheim increased her personal best by 62 centimeters to 20.19 meters on her first attempt on Friday lunchtime, while Canadian Sarah Mitton only pushed three centimeters further as the winner.
“I knew that today I would compete against the best athletes in the world. Knowing that I am one of them makes me incredibly happy and happy,” Ogunyele said: “I don't even mourn the centimeters that turned into gold. “I am incredibly grateful to leave here with the silver medal.”
Mitton took the lead by a centimeter on the fourth attempt and closed in on the winner with the final push. American world champion Chase Jackson (19.67) took third place, well behind. The best in the world of the year, the Dutch Jessica Schilder, was almost a meter behind her best mark of 20.31 meters and only placed fifth (19.37). German indoor champion Alina Kenzel (Stuttgart) finished eleventh (17.80).
Yemisi Ogunleye, who was already near the end of her career after two knee operations, did not advance to the expanded world class until 2023 after a significant increase in her performance and qualified for the World Cup in Budapest, where she finished tenth. .
He now won the first medal for a German shot putter since silver. Cristina Schwanitz ten years ago. “It's unbelievable what happened today,” the 25-year-old said. “This gives me joy and confidence to continue my journey.” The silver medal is also “a great gift” for his entire team, which already exceeded expectations in Glasgow.
In 2022, in Belgrade, the German Athletics Federation (DLV) was left without a medal. André Niklaus won the last German gold medal at the World Indoor Heptathlon in Moscow in 2006. For women, the last titles were 25 years ago: in 1999, in Maebashi, Japan, Grit Breuer (400 m) and Nastja Ryjikh triumphed (pole vault). After the cancellation of high jumper Tobias Potye (Munich), only a seven-man German team will be at the start in Glasgow.