Germany with eight athletes to European Cup Race Walking

May 9, 2009

Germanys athletics federation DLV nominated eight race walkers for the European Cup in Metz (FRA) on May 24 2009. For the Germans it will be the last chance to qualify for the IAAF World Championships 2009 because one day later (25th of MAy) the teams for both race walking and marathon will be officially announced.

For the already qualified André Höhne and Sabine Krantz it will be an important test in the world championship build-up. Both already reached the qualification standards in spring competitions and can be seen as superior to the national opponents.

The complete German team:

Women
20 km: Sabine Krantz (TV Wattenscheid 01)

Men
20 km: André Höhne, Carsten Schmidt (both SCC Berlin)
50 km: Maik Berger (SCC Berlin), Christopher Linke (SC Potsdam)

Junior Women
10 km: Charlyne Czychy (SC Potsdam)

Junior Men
10 km: Hagen Pohle (SC Potsdam), Carl Dohmann (SCL-Heel Baden-Baden)