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

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

Weekend mood in Dessau-Roßlau: At the 27th Anhalt meeting, the athletes made the Paul-Greifu-Stadion their competition location on June 21, 2025. The focus of interest was once again the German sprinter Gina Lückenkemper. With a time of 10.93 seconds over 100 meters, the 28-year-old from Berlin caused a sensation and continued interest in the upcoming World Championships in Japan in September. The FAZ reports that after her run at over 30 degrees Celsius and willingly gave itself autographs. Even if the wind at 2.5 meters per second in the "Overs speed training" category does not count for an official record, its performance was more than impressive.

Meetingrecords in the spotlight

But not only gaps showed up in top form: Jerome Blake cracked the meeting engrowcorus over 100 meters of the men and ran the route in a fantastic 9.97 seconds, like the Sportschau . Tesbo Matsoso and Favour Ashe followed him with times of 10.03 and 10.08 seconds. Also in the 400 meter run, Patrik Elyingi, 45.23 seconds, was set up a new meeting engruit. In addition, Miltiadis Tentoglou knew how to inspire in the long jump: he set new standards for the meeting with 8.23 meters.

particularly highlighted is the solidity of gaps, which can be happy about the tailwind, but linked it to the request that it should not reduce its terms in the record lists. The meeting record of 11.02 seconds set up in 2023 will continue to exist, since the conditions at the last meeting 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 achievements of German athletes. In the sprint discipline, Owen looked at 9.99 seconds over 100 meters the current record brand that Lückenkemper could also target with its 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 upcoming challenges and the competition atmosphere of athletics offers the highest portions of excitement. With numerous new records and personal best performances, it was once again underlined that there is a lot of movement in German athletics- both in the men's and women's category. The fans can be excited to see what the rest of the season will bring!