Once more, Germany‘s Konstanze Klosterhalfen demonstrated what an incredible talent she is and what an amazing future she has after taking control of the 1500m with just over 800m metres left to win brilliantly.
Konstanze Klosterhalfen wins European u20 Championships 1500m
The German is still only 20 and now she has a gold medal in 2017 to go with the silver medal she won behind Laura Muir at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March.
Klosterhalfen sat with the pack but with just over two laps left, she decided it was her time as she broke away with only Poland’s Sofia Ennaoui going in chase after her. Twelve months after winning the bronze medal over 3000m on this track at the World U20 Championships, Klosterhalfen was not going to let anything stop her taking gold this time.
For someone still in the early part of her international career, Klosterhalfen has such an aura and it will now be interesting to see how the German, who has already broken the four minute-barrier at this distance twice this summer, fares at the World Championships in London next month.
Klosterhalfen won in 4:10.30 and it was a Polish silver and bronze as Ennaoui finished second in 4:13.54 and Martyna Galant was third in 4:17.91.
Once more, Konstanze Klosterhalfen demonstrated what an incredible talent she is and what an amazing future she has after taking control of the 1500m with just over 800m metres left to win brilliantly.
The German is still only 20 and now she has a gold medal in 2017 to go with the silver medal she won behind Laura Muir at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March.
Klosterhalfen sat with the pack but with just over two laps left, she decided it was her time as she broke away with only Poland’s Sofia Ennaoui going in chase after her. Twelve months after winning the bronze medal over 3000m on this track at the World U20 Championships, Klosterhalfen was not going to let anything stop her taking gold this time.
For someone still in the early part of her international career, Klosterhalfen has such an aura and it will now be interesting to see how the German, who has already broken the four minute-barrier at this distance twice this summer, fares at the World Championships in London next month.
Klosterhalfen won in 4:10.30 and it was a Polish silver and bronze as Ennaoui finished second in 4:13.54 and Martyna Galant was third in 4:17.91.
“I am so happy,” said Klosterhalfen, who covered the last 800 metres in under 2:02. “The atmosphere here is great, I love the blue colour of the track but during the race I couldn’t look around me because if I did, I could be second. I just ran and wanted to be faster.”
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