The five-time Olympic speed skating champion Claudia Pechstein has celebrated her 31st birthday at the German Championships in Inzell. Title won.
The 45-year-old from Berlin returned more than 3,000 m for her narrow defeat the day before over her side route of 1500 m, on which she had been defeated by local hero Roxanne Dufter.
In 4:08.56 minutes, Pechstein prevailed over Dufter (4:10.71) and former Olympic runner-up Stephanie Beckert (Erfurt/4:12.88).
We got two places for the A-group, so I’m very satisfied,”said Pechstein:” Roxanne Dufter was the right opponent for me,”Beckert, silver medalist over 3000 m in Vancouver 2010, ran with a right knee straining and a cold.
Her brother Patrick, two-time World Cup third place over 10,000 m, successfully defended his title over 1500 m (1:47.78), it was already his 16th World Championship victory. DM success. Together with the second Moritz Geisreiter (Inzell/1:48,06) he fulfilled the World Cup norm. Judith Dannhauser (Erfurt) also succeeded in this by winning the title again over 500 m in 38.86 seconds.