Gina Brückenkemper shines in Dessau with 10.93 seconds despite the tailwind!

Gina Brückenkemper shines in Dessau with 10.93 seconds despite the tailwind!

Weekend atmosphere in Dessau-Roßlau: At the 27th Anhalt Meeting on June 21, 2025, the athletes made the Paul Greifzu Stadium their competition location. The focus of interest was once again the German sprinter Gina Brückenkemper. With a time of 10.93 seconds over 100 meters, the 28-year-old from Berlin caused a sensation and continued to generate a lot of interest in the upcoming World Championships in Japan in September. The FAZ reports that the athlete was overjoyed after her run in temperatures of over 30 degrees Celsius and was willing to sign autographs. Even though the wind of 2.5 meters per second doesn't count for an official record despite her outstanding time in the overspeed training category, her performance was more than impressive.

It was also pleasing that Brückenkemper announced after her run that she was planning to return to Dessau, and she has clearly set her goal for the season on the individual final in Tokyo. Last year she had already achieved the same time of 10.93 seconds as a personal best, but still sees a lot of potential to become even faster, as she herself expressed in interviews.

Meeting records in the spotlight

But it wasn't just Brückenkemper who was in top form: Jerome Blake broke the men's 100 meter meeting record and ran the course in a fantastic 9.97 seconds Sports show reported. Tesbo Matsoso and Favor Ashe followed him with times of 10.03 and 10.08 seconds. Patrik Enyingi also set a new meeting record in the 400 meter run with 45.23 seconds. Miltiadis Tentoglou also knew how to impress in the long jump: he set new standards for the meeting with 8.23 ​​meters.

Particularly noteworthy is the solidity of Lückekemper, who can be happy about the tailwind, but combines it with the request that it should not reduce her running times in the record lists. The meeting record of 11.02 seconds set in 2023 will still stand as conditions at the last meet were not sufficient for an official record.

A look at the athletics records

The list of German athletics records, linked to Wikipedia, shows the extensive history of the best performances by German athletes. In the sprint discipline, Owen Ansah holds the current record of 9.99 seconds over 100 meters, which Brückenkemper could also target with her latest run if the conditions are right.

Overall, the Anhalt meeting was a complete success and made it clear that Germany's top athletes are ready for the challenges ahead and that the competitive climate in athletics offers the highest levels of excitement. With numerous new records and personal bests, it was once again underlined that there is a lot of movement in German athletics - in both the men's and women's categories. Fans can be excited to see what the rest of the season will bring!