Athletics

Pressler & Frey win at Balkan Championships!

Lena Pressler and Sebastian Frey celebrated discipline victories at the Balkan Athletics Championships in Izmir (Turkey) on Saturday! 

Pressler won the 400 m hurdles in 57.39 seconds. This brings valuable points for the World Ranking, which determines qualification for the European Championships in Rome and the Olympics in Paris. Frey won the 5,000 m in 13:35.95 minutes.

Fuchs out with circulation problems
Leo Köhldorfer also finished fifth in the 400 m hurdles (51.08 sec.), Niklas Strohmayer-Dangl came sixth (51.64). Magdalena Lindner also came sixth in the 100 m (11.57 sec.) and Lena Millonig in the 3,000 m steeplechase (10:09.34 min.). Caroline Bredlinger finished 7th in the 800 m in 2:02.79 minutes.

Markus Fuchs did not compete in the 100 m final after 10.46 seconds in the preliminary heat due to circulatory problems.