News26 Feb 2006


Bartels puts 21.43m at German Indoors, Day 1 - UPDATED

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Ralf Bartels blasts Shot to 21.43m German Indoor Champs, Karslruhe (© Bongarts/Getty Images)

On day one of the German Indoor Championships in Karlsruhe yesterday Ralf Bartels was the man of the afternoon.

The 28-year-old World Championship bronze medallist highlighted with a personal best of 21.43m in the Shot Put. Not even outdoors has he ever had a better result, as his personal best stands at 21.36m from last year. That means that with his victory on Saturday, Bartels moved up into second position of the current world indoor lists. Only Reese Hoffa (USA) has produced a better result so far this indoor season (21.65).

His great performance obviously fuelled German medal hopes for Moscow. But looking ahead to the 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in a fortnight Ralf Bartels remained realistic: “You cannot produce such a result every day. I will now head for Chemnitz and the European Cup next week and will try to get a result around 21 metres there.”

Peter Sack placed second in Karlsruhe with 20.59 m.

The women’s Shot Put caused a small surprise as well. Petra Lammert beat Olympic silver medallist Nadine Kleinert. While Lammert put 19.25m Kleinert had to be content with 18.62m.

Apart from the Shot Put the 60m hurdles produced good results on day one in Karlsruhe. Thomas Blaschek confirmed his recent fine form, winning the men's event with 7.64. Mike Fenner took second place with 7.71 while David Filipowski clocked the same time for third.

“It was not about time today but about winning”, Thomas Blaschek said. He hopes to further improve his season’s best of 7.59 seconds in Moscow.

Kirsten Bolm took the women’s race with a season’s best of 7.94.

Martina Strutz won the women’s Pole Vault with 4.45m. Silke Spiegelburg took second with the same height. Both had failed at 4.50m, which would have been the national qualifying height for Moscow. But Strutz had cleared this mark earlier in the season.

“I am very happy with my performance, and my training goes well”, Martina Strutz said. She jumped all her heights on her first attempts. “That gives me with some confidence for the next events.”

German head coach Jürgen Mallow indicated that Silke Spiegelburg might also be nominated for Moscow. It was last August when Spiegelburg had broken Yelena Isinbayeva’s world junior record with 4.48m. In Karlsruhe she achieved a personal indoor best. “That was an important step forward for me”, Silke Spiegelburg said.

Jörg Wenig for the IAAF

RESULTS

25 February (1st day)

Men:

3000m: 1. Jan Fitschen 7:53.14, 2. Christian Klein 8:00.16, 3. Carsten Schlangen 8:00.99.

60mH: 1. Thomas Blaschek 7.64, 2. Mike Fenner 7.71, 3. David Filipowski 7.71, 4. Helge Schwarzer 7.76.

5000m Race Walk: 1. André Höhne 19:12.33, 2. Jan Albrecht 19:37.25, 3. Michael Krause 20:08.33.

HJ: 1. Roman Fricke 2.22, 2. Stefan Häfner 2.18, 3. Jan Titze 2.14.

TJ: 1. Thomas Moede 16.42, 2. Hrvoje Verzi 15.88, 3. Rudolf Helpling 15.88.

SP: 1. Ralf Bartels 21.43 (Championships’ Results), 2. Peter Sack 20.59, 3. Detlef Bock 19.52.

Women:

3000m: 1. Antje Möldner 9:14.69, 2. Ulrike Maisch 9:26.40, 3. Julia Hiller 9:43.83.

60mH: 1. Kirsten Bolm 7.94, 2. Judith Ritz 8.11, 3. Aniko Bozsik 8.26 (1st rd: 8.25).

3000m W: 1. Melanie Seeger 11:59.64 (world leading), 2. Sabine Zimmer 12:02.40, 3. Maja Landmann 13:20.21.

PV: 1. Martina Strutz 4.45, 2. Silke Spiegelburg 4.45, 3. Anna Schultze 4.05.

LJ: 1. Claudia Tonn 6.53, 2. Sofia Schulte 6.35, 3. Sonja Kesselschläger 6.26.

SP: 1. Petra Lammert 19.25, 2. Nadine Kleinert 18.62, 3. Denise Hinrichs 18.21.

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