Schuler strong

Schedler with a record at the U18 European Championships

Pauline Schedler qualified for the U18 European Championships in the Sl

(Bild: ÖLV/Alfred Nevsimal)

The athletics weekend went excellently from Vorarlberg's point of view. At the IBL competition in Salem, three VLV aces were able to celebrate four discipline victories, while in Karlsruhe a young Bregenzerwald athlete secured her start at the U18 European Championships in Slovakia.

One week before the Hypo all-around meeting in Götzner Mösle, Chiara Schuler proved her improving form. At the IBL event in the Schloßseestadion in Salem (D), the 22-year-old from Hörbranz won the shot put (13.71 meters) and javelin throw (47.09 meters). ULC Dornbirn athlete Michael Gantner, who won the 1500 meters in 4:16.45 minutes, also did the same. Amy Salzgeber (800 meters) and Sophia Maria Thoma (shot put) also led Vorarlberg's U16 team to overall victory with discipline victories.

Karlsruhe as good ground
There was reason to celebrate not only in Salem, but also in Karlsruhe (Germany). At the "Long Running Night", 16-year-old Pauline Schedler really came up trumps. The TS Egg athlete improved her personal best in the 800 meters by 1.8 seconds to 2:12.61 minutes. Schedler, who only recently improved the Vorarlberg U18 and U20 national record for the 1000 meters to 2:52.49 minutes, also beat the limit for the U18 European Championships, which will take place from 18 to 21 July in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, by 1.59 seconds.

Elias Nußbaumer from Lochau was also able to celebrate in Karlsruhe. The 24-year-old improved his two-year-old 800m record by 33 hundredths to exactly 1:53.00 minutes.