Race walker Melanie Seeger with indoor come-back after pregnancy

January 17, 2010

The German elite race walker Melanie Seeger competed last Saturday (16.01.2010) in Berlin. For her it was the first competition after giving birth to a daughter last summer.

The 33-year old won the 3.000m race walk event in a time of 13:21,59 min. Even if this time is pretty far under her previous level, it shows that she is progressing in her comeback-plans. In the German Indoor Championships (27./28.02 in Karlsruhe) Seeger will face stronger opponents than in Berlin, where Christin Elß took second in 14:06,53 min. The aim for the young mother will be the European Championships in Barcelona this year.

Also on the mens side, two race walkers with chances to reach the European Championships competed in Berlin. Christopher Linke, previously 4th place in U23-European Championships won the 5.000m race in 19:58,91 min with Carsten Schmidt (20:13,50 min) in second.