Half marathon: Amanal Petros breaks by way of in Berlin as the primary German magical model | EUROtoday

There are these sound partitions in width and prime sport that set off particular emotions of happiness. Long-distance runner Amanal Petros has now put a half marathon interval in Berlin, which not solely means private finest: the primary German runner he stayed beneath the particular model of 1 hour. The 29-year-old athlete from Hannover 96 reached the end line in 59:31 minutes in windy circumstances in downtown Berlin.

This improved Petros by 38 seconds of his German file (1:00:09) arrange in Valencia in Valencia. “The hard work was worth it,” he stated on the end line. Fourth, the previous European Marathon grasp Richard Ringer grew to become a private better of 1:00:51 hours. Memechu Dida Diriba from Ethiopia gained the victory over the roughly 21.1 kilometers in 58:43 minutes.

In the ladies, the two-time European Head of European Champion Gesa Krause crossed the end line as eleventh in 1:10:02 hours. “It was a good experience on the long route,” stated Krause. With regard to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, the 32-year-old will now dedicate herself to her particular self-discipline once more in September: “Summer belongs to the train.”

The Düsseldorf native Esther Pfeiffer was seventh on the victory of the Ethiopian Fotyen Tesfay Haiylu (1:03:35) with a private better of 1:09:15 hours.

Fitwi and Mayer win Hannover Marathon

Elsewhere in Germany, it was double distance: 29-year-old Samuel Fitwi gained the marathon in Hanover in 2:06:29 hours; The German file holder is now additionally a German marathon champion.

“It was a bit annoying, but I’m still very satisfied,” stated Fitwi that he didn’t keep lower than 2:06 hours in the long run. In the NDR, he added: “In the end, the legs and the muscles were a bit closed.”

Fitwi, born in Eritrea, had Petros as a German marathon recorder final December when he undercut the outdated file in 2:04:56 hours in Valencia by simply two seconds. In Hanover, now he hung his worst rival detention from Hamburg with an assault after round 30 kilometers. The 35-year-old from Ethiopia Welday was second in 2:11:06 hours forward of Tom Thurley (2:12:45) from the Potsdam operating membership.

The victory for girls gained Olympic participant Domenika Mayer for the third time. The 34 -year -old Regensburg girl gained superior in 2:24:22 hours and stayed over her personal course file. “I couldn’t feel anything anymore. I was so happy when I was there,” Mayer instructed the NDR on the end line. Laura Hottenrott was second in 2:27:06 hours, in third place Deborah Schöneborn (2:29:30).