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Dresden (dpa / sn) - Simon Boch cracked the Olympic standard straight away on his marathon debut.

The 26-year-old from LG Telis Finanz Regensburg crossed the finish line at the international city run in Dresden after 2:10:48 hours, undercutting the norm of 2:11:30 hours.

The multiple German cross champion is after Amanal Petros, Hendrik Pfeiffer (both Wattenscheid) and Richard Ringer (Rehlingen) the fourth German runner who has undercut the given mark and can now hope for a Tokyo ticket.

With his time, which he achieved single-handedly in the race, which was only held as an elite race from the twelfth kilometer in cold and windy weather, he moved up to third place on the German best list, ahead of Ringer.

Because there are only three Olympic tickets, Richard Ringer will now be forced to take part in the Hamburg Marathon in three weeks' time.

“I ran off quickly, was on course for 2:09 hours for a long time, but it wasn't a marathon day.

The wind was blowing too hard and then the pacemaker dropped out early.

But I'm glad that I had such a chance in times of Corona, "said Boch.

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His competitor Ringer could at least comfort himself with victory in the half marathon.

He prevailed in the sprint in 1:01:33 hours and relegated the two Wattenscheider Nils Voigt (1:01:35) and the German marathon record holder Amanal Petros (1:01:37) to their places.

Ringer, who of course had registered the result from Boch, congratulated the competitor and declared: "It will be exciting in Hamburg in three weeks."

As the best German, Petros already has the Olympic ticket as good as in his pocket.

He traveled straight from the training camp in Kenya and, in view of the cold weather, was satisfied with his third place and the new personal best time for the half marathon: “I come from areas where the temperature is constantly 30 degrees, so the cold and wind weren't the ideal conditions . "

After all, he left the two former European marathon champions Koen Naert (Belgium / 1: 01: 38) in fourth and Sondre Moen (Norway / 1: 01: 42) in fifth.

Over 10 kilometers of the women there was another German success through Katharina Steinruck (Frankfurt).

The marathon specialist, who has beaten the Olympic norm several times, ran a very good 31:59 minutes at her start to the season.

This moved the 31-year-old to tenth place in the German best list.

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