German Race Walking Championships 2009 in Zittau report + results, 25.04.09

April 29, 2009

As expected André Höhne and Sabine Krantz could defend their titles at the 20km race walk distance. In the men’s 50km race Helmut Prieler was the fastest.

In the women’s race Sabine Krantz took the 6th title in a row with a time of 1:36:49h. She will attack the qualification time for the 2009 World Championships (1:31:40) next Friday in Sesto San Giovanni (ITA). The main aim for the German Championships was, to get the title and get a good work-out. Until km 15 she walked very calm but the last 5K she increased the pace to 4:30min/km pace.

In the men’s 20K André Höhne won the 5th consecutive title with 1:24:50h. Even if the time was 1 minute slower than at last years Championships, he still had a lead of 5minutes by the time he crossed the finish line. Höhne will also put the hammer down in Sesto San Giovanni even if he is already qualified for the World Championships.

A new National Record was set by South African Race Walker Marc Mundell. Outside of the German Champioships category he improved the previous record by 2:48 minutes to 4:04:42h.

selected results:

20K women:
1. Krantz, Sabine 1981 WE TV Wattenscheid 01 1:36:49
2. Elß, Christin 1989 BB SC Potsdam 1:43:44
3. Krause, Sandra 1989 BB SC Potsdam 1:45:27
4. Schmidt, Tina 1989 ST SV Halle 1:59:01
5. Primas, Barbara 1965 WÜ TSG Esslingen 2:04:42

20K men:
1. Höhne, André 1978 BE SCC Berlin 1:24:50
2. Schmidt, Carsten 1986 BE SCC Berlin 1:29:48
3. Roschinsky, Christoph 1989 BE SCC Berlin 1:30:46
4. Borsch, Steffen 1973 ST ASV 1902 Sangerhausen 1:40:59
5. Strunk, Malte 1973 NO Alemannia Aachen 1:46:48
6. Gnauck, Dick 1963 ST ASV 1902 Sangerhausen 1:48:44
7. Schröter, Uwe 1959 SN LG Vogtland 1:49:09
8. Fern, Thorsten 1975 HE TV Groß-Gerau 1:51:55
9. Berzl, Josef 1952 BY Gehsportverein Regensburg 1:54:51
10. Schieferdecker, Jörg 1970 NO DJK Löwe Hambach 1:57:28
11. Werner, Stefan 1964 SN LG Vogtland 1:59:31
12. Gaube, Wilfried 1956 BE Polizei SV Berlin 1:59:51
13. Maier, Joachim 1970 BY SV Breitenbrunn 2:00:51
14. Ruppert, Jan 1965 NO Alemannia Aachen 2:00:52
15. Dr. Bresch, Winfried 1956 SN LG Vogtland 2:01:53

50K men:
1. Prieler, Helmut 1955 BY SpVgg Niederaichbach 4:48:44
2. Tharann, Björn 1989 ST SV Halle 5:24:18
aW. Mundell, Marc 1983 RSA Republic of South Africa 4:04:42
aW. Hlatswayo, Thame 1982 RSA Republic of South Africa 4:26:19

full results of the championships leichtathletik.de