Wolfram Müller just misses medal at European Indoors

March 8, 2009

German Wolfram Müller became 4th in the final of the 1.500m final of the European Indoor Championships 2009 in Torino. After winning his heat on Saturday, the 27-year ran a time of 3:44,95 in Sunday’s final, only 0,20 seconds behind eventual 3rd place Yoann Kowal of France. Even if Müller himself was a bit disappointed and said that he was encumbered in the last curve, it is still nice to see Wolfram back in the international top class of middle distance running. In his early 20′s (i.e. around 5 years back) he was seen as Germany’s biggest middle distance talent but afterwards went through a lot of downs. Just in time before the home World Championships 2009 he now seems to be back on track!

Germany’s second entry at the 1500m, Carsten Schlangen missed the final after taking 4th place (3:43.45min) in a heat, where he set the pace for most of the race. Also 800 meter runner René Bauschinger didn’t survive the first round with a clocking of 1:52.50min for 4th place in his heat.

Disappointingly, no German women were present in the middle distance events at the Champioships.