Athletics

Harting celebrates Comeback victory

Discus Star Robert Harting succeed at the indoor track and field Meeting in Berlin, a brilliant Comeback. For a further punch provides Weitspringerin Alexandra Wester.

Almost 13.000 spectators in the sold-out Berlin Arena celebrated Robert Harting on his Comeback after 17 months from injury thrilled. The Discus-Olympic champion volunteered at the ISTAF Indoor with a victory back. In the last experiment increased the track Star is still on strong 64,81 meters and duped all of the competitors. “There can be no better Comeback,” said Harting, and thanked his many Fans: “It always remains in the heart.” His last Race was the three-time world champion at the beginning of September 2014 will be denied. Shortly thereafter, he tore the cruciate ligament. Hartings goal are the Olympic games in the summer in Rio de Janeiro. Runner-up at the Berlin Hallenmeeting was Hartings younger brother Christoph Harting, also with strong 64,34 meters.

For a further highlight was provided long jump-shooting star Alexandra Wester. The 21-Year-old jumped on 6,95 meters and surpassed so that the Jahresweltbestleistung equal to eleven inches. “It is difficult to realize. My goal was actually, the world Cup standard of 6.75 m to crack,” said Wester. Further than you jumped in the hall at all, only two German Weitspringerinnen: Heike Drechsler (7,37 metres), and Helga Radtke (7,09). Wester, the former world-class Dreispringer Charles Friedek is trained, is with your jump from Berlin for the world indoor in mid-March in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon qualified.

sn/asz (dpa, sid)