Johannes Vetter wins German Javelin Title with Massive 89.35m Throw

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Men's javelin throw highlighted the final day of the 2017 German national athletics championships in  Erfur on Sunday, July 9.

Johannes Vetter with a massive personal best throw of 89,35m managed to upset reigning Olympic champion and history's 3rd best javelin thrower  Thomas Röhler, who took second place at German championships with 85,25m. Bernhard Seifert concluded the podium with a  84,62m. 

Konstanze Klosterhalfen broke the 40-year-old German championships reciord in the women's 1500m final. The European Indoor silver medalist, Klosterhalfen, running alone clocked an impressive 3:59.58 to claime German 1500m title. The second place with 4:10.71 took Diana Sujew.

Claudia Salman-Rath claimed the women's long jump contest with 6.72  while Kristin Gierisch won the triple jump with 14.40m.

Pamela Dutkiewicz topped the women's 100m  hurdles final in 12.82 seconds. 

Julian Reus took sprint doiuble at German championships. He won the 100m in 10.10 (+0.2 wind) on Saturday, while on Sunday  he added the 200m title with a personal best of 20.29 (+1.0). 

After running a big PB of 11.01 in rounds, Gina Lückenkemper came back on Sunady tio win the 100m final in 11.10 seconds. 

Olympic champion Robert Harting claimed the men's discus title with a throw of 65.65m while David Storl won the shot put with 20.98m

European champion Max Hess won the men's triple jump with a wind-assisted 17.24m (+2.1).

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