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Meeting Records Shattered at Dessau-Roßlau's 27th Anhalt-Meeting

Wind-aided sprints alongside record field events signal strong readiness for the Tokyo World Championships.

Gina Lückenkemper will ins WM-Finale
Gina Lückenkemper (202, SCC Berlin, 100 m Frauen)
Dessau 1999

Overview

  • Gina Lückenkemper won the women’s 100 m in 10.93 s despite a 2.5 m/s tailwind that disqualified her run from record consideration.
  • Jerome Blake set a new men’s 100 m meeting record with a personal best of 9.97 s.
  • Julian Weber, fresh from the Diamond League in Paris, dominated the javelin with an 87.28 m throw.
  • Miltiadis Tentoglou leapt 8.23 m in the long jump and Nuno Pereira ran 3:32.16 in the 1500 m to establish new meeting marks.
  • Lückenkemper said her focus now turns to reaching the individual final at the World Championships in Tokyo.