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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - Long-distance runner Philipp Pflieger is fighting for qualification for the Olympic Games in Tokyo despite an injury.
The 33-year-old from LT Haspa Marathon Hamburg wants to be fit until the planned elite race on April 11th in Hamburg after a muscle torn in his calf, which he suffered several weeks ago.
“I'll do everything I can to be on the starting line.
You have to see whether I can be in a form to intervene in the Olympic qualification. "
100 elite athletes who want to qualify for Tokyo are scheduled to start at the marathon.
The race is to take place on a 10.5-kilometer circuit.
Pflieger suffered the injury after the Valencia marathon.
In the race on December 6th, he set a personal best of 2:12:15 hours, but missed the Tokyo norm by 45 seconds.
Pflieger is currently setting the time-out as short as possible.
“Nevertheless, unfortunately, I am missing four weeks of training and many valuable running kilometers.
Last week I was able to carefully take my first steps again. "
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Born in Sindelfingen, he admitted that the two-month preparation was actually far too little, but emphasized: “Anyone who knows me knows that I am a fighter.
And as the saying goes: Hope dies last. "
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