The second place in the European Championship Fabian Heinle had to struggle with his body in the long jump in Tokyo, sprinter Lisa Marie Kwayie trembled over the 200 meters into the semifinals of the Olympic Games.

The 24-year-old from Berlin-Neukölln survived her lead in 23.14 seconds as one of the three fastest.

“It wasn't an easy race,” Kwayie admitted on Monday.

"But I said to myself, I'll take my heart and my legs in my hand and run, give everything that can be done."

The Mannheim girl Jessica-Bianca Wessolly (23.41) did not get any further.

"It's stupid when you have no chance because your body doesn't want it," said Wessolly on ARD.

The best time in the heats was achieved by Christine Mboma, who was only 18 years old.

The sprinter from Namibia set a U-20 world record in 22.11 seconds.

The European Championship runner-up Heinle was 12th and last in the Olympic victory of European champion Miltiadis Tentoglou from Greece with 7.62 meters.

“I fought more against my body than against my opponents,” reported the Stuttgart man.

He woke up on Sunday and the adductor muscle in the ankle was "pretty bad".

All the skills of the physiotherapist did not help in the end.

"Fought against the body"

Heinle landed handicapped by a muscle injury in the Olympic long jump final in twelfth and last place.

The 27-year-old from Stuttgart did not go beyond the distance of 7.62 meters on Monday and did not reach the final battle of the top eight.

"I fought more against my body than against the opponents," said Heinle.

Olympic gold went to European champion Miltiadis Tentoglou from Greece with 8.41 meters ahead of Cuban Juan Miguel Echevarria, who also jumped 8.41 meters.

The decisive factor for the victory was the second best distance, in which Tentoglou was ahead.

Bronze also went to Cuba: Maykel Masso secured third place with 8.21 meters.

The Swabian Heinle, who flew close to the eight-meter mark in the qualification in Tokyo with 7.96 meters, was totally dejected.

After waking up on Sunday morning, he felt that his adductor muscle in the talus was “pretty bad”.

All the skills of the physiotherapist did not help in the end.

In the first jump it was just enough for 5.18 meters, the second he landed at 7.57 meters and the third with 7.62 meters was not enough to advance.

“On the warm-up area, I thought about whether I wanted to compete at all,” said Heinle.

With the "hope of a good jump" he marched bravely into the Olympic Stadium and said: "It was still cool, even if it sucks in retrospect." At the Rio Games in 2016 and at the 2015 World Cup in Beijing was for him each end of the line in qualification.

For hammer thrower Tristan Schwandke from Hindelang, the final was also not within reach.

"I am satisfied with the throws, but the last grains were missing, so we couldn't get huge distances," said the ninth of his qualifying group.

Over the 1500 meters, Caterina Granz from Berlin moved into the semi-finals.

"I think I was really lucky, I just got the fastest race," she said.

Hanna Klein from Tübingen was eliminated after her preliminary run.

“There was nothing that came after.

When warming up and the days before, I didn't feel good, ”admitted Klein and complained about the heat.

Triple hunter Sifan Hassan is confidently in the Olympic semifinals despite a fall over the 1500 meters. The Dutch rider of Ethiopia stumbled upon Edinah Jebitok from Kenya before the final lap. However, she rolled up the field and sprinted across the finish line first in her run. The 28-year-old has a mammoth program ahead of her in Tokyo: She wants to get gold over the 1500, 5000 and 10,000 meters. Konstanze Klosterhalfen from Leverkusen also starts over 10,000 meters.