Long jump world champion Malaika Mihambo is slowly getting into Olympic shape.

The 27-year-old from the LG Kurpfalz won the competition at the international #TrueAthletes athletics meeting in Leverkusen on Sunday with the personal best of the season of 6.92 meters and thus approached the seven meter mark.

However, six athletes have already cracked the 7-meter mark this year.

Mihambo, who struggled with starting problems in the early stages of the season and whose best distance since her World Cup victory in Doha in 2019 is 7.30 meters, only made three attempts. “I wanted to simulate the qualification, it went perfectly. All that's missing is the fine-tuning, "said Mihambo and looked ahead:" I'm looking forward to the Diamond League meetings next week and hope that I can get started there. " who cracked the Olympic standard with her personal best of 6.69 meters, in second place.  

Sprinter Tatjana Pinto, who shone over 100 meters, especially in the semifinals with 11.10 seconds, also performed well. It undercut the Tokyo benchmark (11.15) and made it to the top of the German best list. In doing so, she benefited from the tailwind of 2.0 meters per second, which was just allowed. In the finals, the 28-year-old from LC Paderborn prevailed in 11.18 seconds in a light headwind. “After an injury in February, I use the competitions as training. It's awesome that I'm on the track like this again, ”said Pinto.

In the men's pole vault, local hero Bo Kanda Lita Baehre took third place with 5.80 meters.

He reached the Tokyo norm with pinpoint accuracy at his home game.

The day's victory was shared by the Brazilian Thiago Braz and Ernest Obiena (Philippines), who crossed the same height but had fewer failed attempts.

Discus thrower Marike Steinacker had reason to be happy, who with 61.54 meters as second behind the Cuban Yaimé Pérez, probably also won the Tokyo ticket as did the victorious 4 x 400 meter relay of men.

In the high jump, however, European champion Mateusz Przybylko (Leverkusen) said goodbye to all Olympic dreams with a height of 2.20 meters.

On the norm (2.33) he lacks ten centimeters with an annual best of 2.23 m.