youJonathan Hilbert hugged his head confidently, then burst into tears.This 26-year-old player is from LG Ohra Energie caused a sensation in the 50-kilometer farewell performance on the Olympic stage and won the silver medal after a brilliant performance in tactics.
29 years after today’s national team coach Ronald Weigel’s bronze medal coup at the Barcelona Olympics, Hilbert wrote his own chapter in the history of German walking.After the gold is Maleka Mihanbo In the long jump and silver medal of discus athlete Kristin Pudenz, this was the third German track and field medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
“It’s time to go to Tokyo for the awards ceremony,” he shouted happily after crossing the finish line in Sapporo, and hung black, red and gold flags on his shoulders. In the end, Hilbert was only 36 seconds away from the Olympic champion David Tomara from Poland (3:50:08 hours). After finishing fourth in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Canadian Evan Dunfee (+51 seconds) won the bronze medal. Carl Dohmann from Baden-Baden was ranked 33 (+17: 10 minutes) and Nathaniel Seiler from Bühlertal was ranked 42 (+25: 29).
Tactical masterpiece
Hilbert provided a masterpiece in Sapporo, because of the weather, the marathon and the walker medal battle have been relocated. At the critical stage, he stayed in the chase group following the towering Tomala. At the same time, the Poles are ahead of the front line by more than three minutes. The Germans are competing for the silver medal-together with Marc Tour (Spain), Dunphy, Joao Vieira (Portugal) and Masatora Kawano (Japan).
From the quintet, about five kilometers away from the end, Dunphy had to tear it off first, but Hilbert persisted. The newly formed quartet was later disbanded. Hilbert and Spaniard Tour accelerated, sat down and had a brief conversation.
Without cooling bowl and lid
Two kilometers to the end, Hilbert loosened his cold scarf and his hat flew away. Now he also made Tur stand, walking towards his silver feel.
It was a farewell performance because the IOC removed the 50-kilometer walk from the project. Whether the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics will include a shortened version or a 50-kilometer mixed team competition for two men and two women is not yet determined.
