Franca Henseleit would have loved to win another medal in her last DM in the junior division.
But it shouldn't be.
The Steingadenerin nevertheless looks back positively on the competition in Jena - and is looking forward to the future in the elite class.
Jena / Steingaden - Franca Henseleit looked at the medal winners without any feelings of envy.
“The girls in the leadership deservedly fought for it,” said the triathlete from Steingaden.
At the German championship for young triathletes in Jena, Henseleit took eighth place.
Of course, the 18-year-old wanted to finish at the top again in her last DM in the junior women's class.
But the course of the race did not suit her.
Henseleit, German A-Youth Champion in 2018 and 2019, took it sporty: Under the circumstances, it was “a good race for me, and I'm also satisfied”.
You tried everything and gave: "With that I can end the season well."
The DM was also about tickets for the Junior World Championships in October in the Bahamas.
Franca Henseleit only experiences this from a distance.
But she doesn't hold a grudge in this regard either.
"I'm really looking forward to October 17th, to follow her races on television," she says, referring to Jule Behrens (1st place), Julia Bröcker (2nd place) and Sophia Weiler (3rd place).
Simon Henseleit in the Super League
The
Olympic Park in Munich
on Sunday, September 12 the first time host a competition of "Super League Triathlon".
Simon Henseleit
from Steingaden received
a wildcard
for the event in the state capital
. In Munich, the athletes first complete a time trial on the bike. According to the placement and the time intervals, they then start a pursuit race (two times swimming 300 meters / cycling 3.6 kilometers / running 1.8 kilometers), whereby athletes who go too far lag behind, drop out each time. The “Super League Triathlon” includes four competitions this year; Munich is the second stop after London. The other competitions will take place on the Channel Island of Jersey (September 18) and in Malibu (September 25).
In swimming (750 meters), Henseleit was right at the front - after 11:20 minutes she got out of the water. It was clear to her: Due to the lack of performance in running (due to various injury problems), she only has a chance to win a medal if she can break away on the bike (20 kilometers) in a small group. At first it looked like it should work. With four competitors, she formed the top. But since the course was flat and had hardly any difficult corners, it was "impossible to withstand the large group of pursuers," reported Henseleit. She completed the bike split in 34:52 minutes. In a large group, it went to the transition area - and the final 5-kilometer run. "A pure running decision was of course not what I was hoping for."especially the reigning European champion Behrens, let go. But Henseleit fought and worked his way up to eighth place in a long sprint to the finish. Their running time was 15:49 minutes.
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Triathlon is fun - also in black and white: Franca Henseleit (second from right) and some colleagues in the finish area of the young DM in Jena.
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Originally, the junior championships should have taken place in Schongau in July this year.
But they had to fail due to the weather (we reported).
The season is now over for Franca Henseleit, a little break is called for.
In the future, she will start in the women's elite field of the U23, experiencing new races and competitors.
“I'm definitely looking forward to the next time,” says the 18-year-old.
Franca Henseleit achieved convincing results this year with podium places in the Bundesliga and the A-final at the Junior European Championship (21st place) as well as eighth place in the DM.
She was able to complete the most recent training block without injury.
"It's just so nice to see how my body slowly gets used to and adapts to the scope of the training," reported Henseleit.
Especially while running “I know that there is still a lot missing at the moment in order to be able to run at the front again, but the development of the last few weeks alone was a big step in the right direction for me”.
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