After five events, Germany’s Leo Neugebauer still leads the decathlon at the IAAF World Championships in Budapest. Norway’s Sander Scottheim won the high jump, while his compatriot Marcus Roth won the 400-meter race.
| Leo Neugebauer continues to lead (Photo: Atilla Turok) |
On Saturday afternoon, the decathlon continued at the World Championships in Athletics in Budapest with the high jump. The number is Norwegian Sander Scottheim He won with 211 cm. general commander To Leo Neugebauer 205cm didn’t succeed, but the person chasing him did Damien Warner He reached his personal best this year, and he jumped that, minimizing his shortcomings.
in the high jump Kyle Garland He finished second while Pierce Lepage in the third. With his jump of 208 centimetres, the Canadian moved up to second place overall, with Warner tied with 3,662 points behind Neugebauer with 3,730 points.
After that, a 400-meter race was organized, where the Norwegians Markus Roth (48.27) and Janik Oiglan (48.41) achieved the best individual results in the first race. Lepage won the second stage, ahead of Lyndon Victor of Grenada. The absolute winner of the track was Aiden Owens Delerme of Puerto Rico, who won the third race with a time of 46.44 seconds.
Leo Neugebauer is still leading the overall standings with 4,640 points. It is followed by Pierce Lepage (4,610) and Damien Warner (4,578).
On Saturday morning, competitors await the 110m hurdles, discus throw and pole vault, followed by the javelin throw in the afternoon, and finally the competition concludes with the 1500m race.
No Hungarian athletes competed in the event.
Nemzeti Sport’s report on the Athletics World Cup from the website: Samu Senta, Andrea Nemeth, Gergely Bataille, Zabolcs Vinci, Tamas Nagy Pal (video), Viola Bochtai (video), Zsolt Zabuki (video), Karole Arfai (photo), Miklos Szabo (photo), Atilla Turok (photo)
