It has been a month to remember for Germany’s Konstanze Klosterhalfen who is fast proving to be Europe's leading junior distance runner.
Three weeks after setting the European Athletics Junior 1500m indoor record time, she now has the 3000m time to her name after a brilliant run at the national championships in Leipzig.
Klosterhalfen, 19, the SPAR European Cross Country champion junior champion, triumphed this weekend in 8:56.36 to beat Alina Reh (9:00.58) as they both broke the previous record (9:06.27) held by Poland’s Sofia Ennaoui since 2014.
It might be more than seven months away, but Klosterhalfen is one of the early contenders for the Rising Star title at this year’s European Athletics Golden Tracks awards, such is her consistency and success.
Watch the full 3000m race below:
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History was very much in the air in Leipzig as Julian Reus made German athletics history on Saturday by finally breaking the indoor 60m record that had stood since 1988.
Twice this winter, with runs of 6.53, Reus, 27, had matched the mark set by Sven Matthes and now the time is his own after a brilliant 6.52.
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A bronze medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague a year ago, Reus has shown magnificent consistency during this campaign and after his momentous Saturday, he then completed the sprint double less than 24 hours later when he won the 200m (20.55).
It is a European lead and the impact of the performance might also be felt in the summer when he transfers this speed to the 100m where he will be among the favourites at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam.
It was an impressive championships for German sprinting as Tatjana Pinto, 23, made her mark.
Her 60m victory (7.07) moved her to equal-third on the German all-time list with Marlies Gohr and to joint-second on this year’s European rankings for a sprinter who won gold in the 4x100m relay at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki 2012.
In the 60m hurdles, Cindy Roleder ran the quickest time by a European this year (7.88).
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