The final climax of the men’s decathlon had to be waited for, as the organizers sorted out technical problems. When the journey was finally made, the German audience’s storm of screams filled the Munich stadium.
23:07•Updated 23:07
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A special episode was seen at the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Tuesday, when the technology failed before the final event of the decathlon in the 1,500-meter run.
Competitors who did a great job had to wait at the starting line for a minute, when apparently something was wrong with the timing equipment. The TV pictures showed how the officials were feverishly examining the electronic transmitter.
At the same time, the Germans, who love the decathlon, were excited, especially when Niklas Kaul of Germany was fighting for the gold of the event.
After waiting for a while, the situation started to take on awkward features. You can see the situation in the video from the video that is the main image of this story.
– This is a bit embarrassing. There is an absolutely wonderful atmosphere here. These men have organized the actual play and final climax. Then technology fails, Urheilu’s expert Tuomas Raja shouted from the commentary booth at the Olympic Stadium in Munich.
There were problems with the departures on Tuesday evening. For example, the start of the men’s 5,000 meters had to be restarted. The men’s and women’s 100 meters semi-finals saw a lot of steals.
The championship was decided in the midst of a wild shouting storm
In the end, the decathlon players got on their way, accompanied by a storm of screams from the audience.
Niklas Kaul did what the Home Audience demanded. He ran to victory in the final event with a time of 4:10.04. Kaul’s record time was enough to win the match against the worst competitor, Switzerland Simon Ehammer stopped the clocks at 4:48.72.
Kaul beat Ehammer with 77 points. Kaul’s final score of 8545 was his best of the season, while Ehammer set a new Swiss record with 8468 points. The European Championship bronze went to Estonia Janek Öiglane with 8346 points.
In addition to the deciding sport, one of the key factors in Kaul’s championship was his tremendous throw in the last round of the javelin. Kaul threw 76.05 and improved his result by about six meters.
Kaul took the event victory with a gap of more than five meters to Öiglane and really got into the fight for victory.