Confusion about the number of laps: Nick Jäger breaks an important norm in a curious 1500 meter race

It doesn't matter whether it's outside or in the hall - the track and field athletes are currently in great action.

Nick Jäger experienced a curious 1500 meter race in Erfurt that ended well for him.

District – Even in winter, the track and field athletes are now constantly in action.

Last weekend there were several top placings for the local athletes.

Nick Jäger even undercut two DM norms.

Nick Jäger takes sixth place at Indoor in Erfurt

First an individual race in Erfurt, the next day a relay in Sindelfingen: For track and field athlete Nick Jäger, the indoor season is in full swing.

The 23-year-old from Penzberg, who has been playing for LSC Höchstadt/Aisch since this year, has beaten the norm for the German championship (February 18th/in Dortmund) in his two most recent appearances.

At the "Erfurt Indoor" Jäger ran the 1500 meters in 3:50.39 minutes and took sixth place.

The race was characterized by changing pace, the 1000 meter mark was passed after 2:33 minutes.

After that there was unrest in the field, also because the judges had miscounted and it was not quite clear how many laps were still to be run.

The track length in the hall is 200 meters.

Nick Jäger and Staffel in Sindelfingen in second place

Nick Jäger was not entirely satisfied with his result, but he managed his minimum goal of beating the DM norm (3:51.50).

It was won by the Austrian Sebastian Frey (3:47.55).

The day after, Jäger competed with Florian Bremm and Friedrich Biniok at the southern German indoor championships in Sindelfingen.

In the relay competition over 3 x 1000 meters, the trio took second place with 7:29.01 minutes behind LG Nordschwarzwald (7:25.17).

The DM norm was 7:30.00 minutes.

Jäger ran in second place and completed “his” 1000 meters in 2:27 minutes;

he also managed to catch up with the leading season again.

Katharina Vogl from Hohenpeissenberg also competed in the title fights in Sindelfingen.

In the LG Augsburg jersey, she finished 15th in the long jump with 5.11 meters.

The 23-year-old completed the 60-meter sprint in 8.13 seconds, but did not make it into the final.

Mareike Ressing shines at "Stadion-Cross" in Munich

The “Stadion-Cross” by Post SV Munich is now one of the classics at the beginning of the year.

At the 14th edition, athletes from the Penzberg area excelled with remarkable results.

On the club's outdoor area, the participants completed various distances.

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Strong in cross country: Mareike Ressing finished fourth in Munich.

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In the U16 race over 2350 meters, Maximilian Rath (born 2009) won the day with a time of 7:57 minutes.

The Penzberger, who has been wearing the jersey of the LG Stadtwerke München since this year, quickly set himself apart from the rest of the 20 boys and girls field together with his two colleagues from the state squad, Simon Nüß (LG Stadtwerke München) and Emil Oppelt (LG Sempt). .

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In the first lap, Rath increased the pace on an incline - his opponents had to give up in this phase.

He crossed the finish line with a large lead over Oppelt (8:14) and Nüß (8:29).

Rath was five seconds faster than the winner of the U18 race, Jesper Hartung (LG Augsburg).

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On the long distance, Mareike Ressing (TSV Penzberg) was fourth in the women's race.

The 52-year-old ran the 5500 meters as the second oldest participant in 22:25 minutes.

Ressing kept her own pace and in the end was well ahead of the fifth, 18 years younger Ivana Gancheva (22:40) from LG Sempt.

Katka Wenzler (20:53 / PTSV Rosenheim) won the race ahead of Laura Hampel (21:05) and Anke Friedl (21:16).

The men's long distance was 7600 meters.

In this race, Luk Jäger (20) took fifth place.

The clock stopped for the Penzberger at 25:37 minutes.

The gap to third place was 25 seconds.

Maximilian Berger (24:41) from TuS Bad Aibling took the win.

In the hobby run over 4450 meters, Paulina Kisselbach from TSV Penzberg shone as the fastest woman.

The 29-year-old from Wackersberg crossed the finish line in 19:41 minutes.

Only four men were faster than the TSV athlete.

Kisselbach was exactly one and a half minutes faster than the second best woman, Christiane Tillschneider (MTV Pfaffenhofen).

The day's victory went to the Austrian Armin Zankl with a time of 16:57 minutes.

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