Hindernisläuferin Lea Meyer kritisiert Europameisterin Gesa Krause nach Sturz
Lea Meyer, Hindernisläuferin, hat nach ihrem unglücklichen Sturz bei der Leichtathletik-EM in einem bemerkenswerten Interview die Europameisterin Gesa Krause kritisiert.
„Es ist einem ja bewusst: Gesa will keinen Meter was machen“, sagte Meyer im ZDF. Meyer, die das Finale am Donnerstagabend lange von vorne bestimmt hatte, fuhr fort: „Sie sitzt das aus und rennt dann hinten raus.“
Meyer war in Birmingham als schnellste Läuferin der Vorrunde auf Medaillenkurs, stürzte jedoch auf der letzten Runde kopfüber in den Wassergraben. „Ich behaupte trotzdem, ich bin die beste Hindernisläuferin Europas mit Alice Finot (Silbermedaillengewinnerin), definitiv, einhundert Prozent“, erklärte sie.
„Ich finde, ich hätte die Medaille verdient. Nichtsdestotrotz: So ein Sturz darf nicht passieren, ist dämlich.“ Bereits bei der WM 2022 war sie in den Wassergraben gestürzt.
Meyer über Krause und Gürth: „Die beiden haben es auch verdient“
„Heute haben die besten Wettkämpferinnen gewonnen“, sagte Meyer und blickte auf die Olympischen Sommerspiele in Los Angeles 2028 voraus: „Spätestens in LA stehe ich als deutsche Rekordhalterin. Ich gehöre an die Spitze Europas.“ Aktuell ist sie mit einer Bestzeit von 9:09,13 Minuten fast sechs Sekunden langsamer als Krause (9:03,30).
Etwas versöhnlicher fügte Meyer über Krause und Finot hinzu: „Die beiden sind wesentlich älter als ich – und haben es auch verdient. Mehr habe ich nicht zu sagen.“ Olivia Gürth hatte im Sog von Krause die Bronzemedaille gewonnen.
English Translation:
Steeplechase Runner Lea Meyer Criticizes European Champion Gesa Krause After Fall
Steeplechase runner Lea Meyer has criticized European champion Gesa Krause in a remarkably defiant interview following her unfortunate fall at the European Athletics Championships.
"One is aware: Gesa doesn't want to do anything for a meter," Meyer said to ZDF. Meyer, who had led the final for a long time on Thursday evening, added: "She'll wait it out and then run at the end."
In Birmingham, Meyer, the fastest in the heats, was on course for a medal but tumbled headfirst into the water jump on the final lap. "I still maintain that I am the best steeplechase runner in Europe, along with Alice Finot (silver medalist), definitely, one hundred percent," she declared.
"I think I deserved the medal. Nevertheless: such a fall shouldn't happen, it's foolish." She had also fallen into the water jump at the 2022 World Championships.
Meyer on Krause and Gürth: "The two also deserve it"
"The best competitors won today," Meyer stated, looking ahead to the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics: "At the latest in LA, I will be the German record holder. I belong at the top of Europe." Currently, with a personal best of 9:09.13 minutes, she is almost six seconds slower than Krause (9:03.30).
Slightly more conciliatory, Meyer added about Krause and Finot: "The two are significantly older than me – and they deserve it. I have nothing more to say." Olivia Gürth had won bronze in Krause's slipstream.
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