Austria's sprinters miss out on relay final at European Championships
Translated from German, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Austria's women's sprint relay team narrowly missed qualifying for the European Athletics Championships final.
- The team finished ninth overall in the 4x100m race with a time of 43.37 seconds.
- Other Austrian athletes also competed, with Verena Mayr finishing 19th in the heptathlon and Theresia Mohr placing 22nd in the race walk.
Austria's women's sprint relay team narrowly missed out on reaching the final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham. The quartet of Karin Strametz, Magdalena Lindner, Christania Williams, and Isabel Posch finished ninth overall in the 4x100m race, clocking a time of 43.37 seconds, just one place shy of qualification.
The championships also saw other Austrian athletes competing. Verena Mayr concluded the heptathlon in 19th place with a total of 5,906 points. In the race walk, 20-year-old Theresia Mohr, one of the youngest competitors in the field, finished in 22nd place with a time of 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 59 seconds, despite experiencing side stitches.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.