Vera Hoffmann concluded her perfect winter with a very good eighth place in the final on Saturday evening in Istanbul.
Vera Hoffmann had a simply superb winter. It’s simple, each time she lined up at the start of an international-level race, she improved her national record each time. It started at the CMCM with the 1500m, it continued on the mile in Boston, then again on the 1500m in Dortmund. All this before the national championships where she won three titles in the 800, 1500 and 3000 m.
His superb repeated performances opened the doors to the indoor European championships in Istanbul, although this was not necessarily the objective at the start of the season. Friday, during the first of the three series, the Luxembourger had achieved a perfect race, behind the luxury hare Bobocea to finish in fifth position and pass instead with a new national record at the key (4’08 “73).
This Saturday evening, she was therefore in the middle of the European cream of the discipline for a final which was already more than a bonus for the 26-year-old athlete. It will be understood, Vera Hoffmann had nothing to lose for her last race of the winter. In this race, as during the series, it is the Romanian who takes her responsibilities, printing a hellish pace in the race. And while she is gradually picking up the pace and being overtaken at the bell by the great British favorite Laura Muir who is heading for an uncontested victory, the Luxembourger, inevitably damaged by the efforts made the day before, cannot do anything . Despite everything, she finished in a very good eighth place, with her second career best time of 4’10″03. Something to give him ideas for the summer season.
His trainer, Bob Bertemes is delighted: “It’s perfect! I am 100% satisfied. It confirms its state of form in a very fast race. So, frankly brilliant!”
R. H.
Its final : 1. Laura Muir (Gbr) 4’03″40; 2. Claudia Mihaela Bobocea (Rou) 4’03″76; 3. Sofia Ennaoui (Pol) 4’04″06; 4. Esther Guerrero (Esp) 4’04″86; 5. Katie Snowden (Gbr) 4’07″68; 6. Marta Pen Freitas (By) 4’07″95; 7. Agueda Marques (Esp) 4’08″72; 8. Vera Hoffmann (Lux) 4’10″03; 9. Sintayehu Vissa (Ita) 4’10″05; 10. Hanna Hermansson (Sue) 4’10″48; 11. Ellie Baker (Gbr) 4’10″96.
Abandon : Kristiina Mäli (Rtc)