Overview
- On Sunday in Bochum Mikaelle Assani won the German long jump with 6.67 metres, edging training partner Malaika Mihambo who managed 6.63 metres and clinching the European Championships qualifying mark.
- Assani's victory completes a comeback from a March 2025 hamstring tendon rupture that required surgery and 15 months of rehabilitation and follows a recent training move to work alongside Mihambo and national coach Uli Knapp.
- Mihambo's second place does not end her medal prospects because she cleared over seven metres in London recently and is considered fit despite the rare domestic loss.
- Sprinter Owen Ansah took the 100m and 200m crowns, including a 20.13s 200m, while a NADA result-management procedure over a missed test on July 9 remains open and does not currently bar him from competing.
- 400m hurdler Emil Agyekum set a championship record of 47.65 seconds after recently lowering the German record to 47.45, a performance that positions him among Germany's leading medal contenders for Birmingham.