Konstanze Klosterhalfen were shown their current limits for the third time in the Olympic year.
At the penultimate Diamond League meeting on Friday in Brussels, the 24-year-old World Cup third from Leverkusen had to be satisfied with eighth place and a time of 14: 35.88 minutes over 5000 meters.
In general, it was only enough for the German athletes for the lower ranks.
The Swedish pole vault star Armand Duplantis won - but just failed when attempting to increase his world record to 6.19 meters.
At the Tokyo Games, Klosterhalfen finished eighth over 10,000 meters after a long injury break. After that, she ran at the Diamond League meeting in Paris over 3000 meters in eighth place. "At the back the tempo is simply missing," said Klosterhalfen, who could not keep up on the last of the five kilometers in the King Baudouin Stadium. Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi / 14: 25.34) secured the victory.
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre from Leverkusen did not get more than 5.65 meters and placed 9th in the pole vault. Once again, Olympic gold medalist Duplantis won the air with 6.05 meters, but failed three times at the world record height of 6.19 meters. He himself had set the record of 6.18 meters on February 15, 2020 in Glasgow. This height is held as an official world record by the World Athletics Association, although it was achieved in the hall.
The double U23 European champion Lilly Kaden (19) from Dortmund ran over 200 meters in 23.40 seconds in seventh place.
The Olympic runner-up Christine Mboma (Namibia / 21.84) celebrated a clear success.
Olympic runner-up Fred Kerley won the men's 100 meters in 9.94 seconds ahead of Trayvon Bromell, who ran 9.97 seconds.
The American triple success was completed by Michael Norman (9.98).
A world record for the year was set by Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands over the mile.
The double Olympic champion won in 4: 14.74 minutes ahead of Axumawit Embaye (Ethiopia / 4: 21.08).
The last major athletics highlight of the Olympic year is the Diamond League final on Wednesday and Thursday in Zurich.