Julia Rath refines a strong cross-country season

Created: 12/19/2022, 7:30 p.m

By: Paul Hopp

Winner of the day and overall: Julia Rath is happy after the final of the German Cross-Cup in Weinstadt.

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Track and field athlete Julia Rath once again proved her strength at the end of the German Cross-Cup.

In Weinstadt, the U20 athlete defied snow and ice.

Weinstadt/Penzberg – Julia Rath has ended the series of runs for the “German Cross-Cup” in a manner befitting her status.

The 18-year-old from Penzberg, who was already the overall winner in the U20 class (we reported), won the middle-distance race in the final competition on Saturday in Weinstadt.

Rath, who starts for LAC Quelle Fürth, ran the 4400 meters in 18:04 minutes.

Julia Rath wins the final event of the German Cross Cup

Julia Rath came to Weinstadt (near Stuttgart) straight from a training camp run by the German Athletics Association.

Various units on cross-country skis were also on the program as part of the training camp.

Wintry conditions also prevailed at the end of the Cross Cup series.

Rath coped very well on snow and ice.

At the finish, they had a comfortable lead of 51 seconds over second place and 1:33 minutes over third.

Lea Böhringer (TSV Erbach) and Natalie Frank (LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen) also belong to the U20 class.

Julia Rath wins the Cross-Cup with a big lead

The victory in Weinstadt earned Rath another 60 points for the Cross-Cup ranking.

After completing the five races (Munich, Pforzheim, Darmstadt, Löningen, Weinstadt), the 18-year-old, who attends the Bertolt Brecht Elite Sports School in Nuremberg, has an impressive 250 points to her credit.

She also managed to win one day in Darmstadt.

Rath won the overall ranking with ease: The distance to the second, the German cross-country champion Kira Weis (KSG Runningteam), is 130 points.

A total of 47 athletes are in the list of results.

From the region there was also Theresa Boschner (13th place) from SC Moosham at the Cross-Cup this year.

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Luk Jäger (TSV Penzberg) did not start in Weinstadt.

In the U23 class, he was unable to defend the lead he held after four races.

With his 126 points, which the Penzberger got in Munich (daily winner), Pforzheim and Löningen, he took second place in the overall ranking.

Davide Hailer (LV Pliezhausen), who finished fifth overall (25:08 minutes) on the long distance (6600 meters) in Weinstadt, clinched the series victory.

As the best U23 athlete, Hailer collected 60 points and thus moved up the rankings from sixth place.