Bundesliga, Werder Bremen: He is an icon at Werder Bremen – his era on the Weser is now ending: Thomas Schaaf and Werder Bremen are going their separate ways. The three-year contract as technical director at the relegated Bundesliga, which expires on June 30, will not be extended. “Due to the economic situation and the necessary savings, including in the personnel area, we were unfortunately unable to make an offer to Thomas Schaaf. We have mutually agreed to make a decision now,” said managing director Frank Baumann on Monday. First the “Deichstube” reported about it.
“Over the past 40 years, Thomas has done outstanding work for Werder as a player, coach and most recently as technical director, for which the Werder family will be forever grateful,” emphasized Baumann. In the past three years he has “improved trainer training, increased the quality of training in the performance center and also created greater permeability into the professional sector”. Thomas Wolter and Björn Schierenbeck from the Schaafs Young Talent Center are now to take over tasks.
Schaaf’s Werder engagement ended in failure. After separating from head coach Florian Kohfeldt, the 60-year-old tried to prevent Werder’s threatened relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga on the last day of the season that recently ended. The last-second rescue operation failed. Werder will have to save next season because of the lower financial income. Previously, chief analyst Mario Baric had already left the club.
Athletics, hurdles sprint: 100 m hurdles vice European champion Pamela Dutkiewicz (Wattenscheid) ended her Olympic season just under a month before Tokyo, so her second Olympic start after Rio 2016 also falls into the water. “My body has been giving me crazy signals for eight months that cannot be classified,” said the 29-year-old on Monday, “sometimes an inflammation here or pain there, it was a constant up and down. Without my trainer Rüdiger Harksen I would have given up long ago. “
The World Cup third in 2017 and silver medalist at the Berlin European Championship 2018 has been plagued by various health problems for a long time. Many training elements were therefore not possible. “It was eight incredibly exhausting months, in which I also had time to reflect on a few things,” said Dutkiewicz, “who knows whether the feedback will not come from my body: Girl, let it be.”
The option to quit is currently not conceivable, Dutkiewicz still has goals. “Of course, I dream of the 2022 European Championship in Munich,” said the multiple German champion, “but I’ve also got used to always thinking in small steps. Now I’ll get a thorough check-up and wait for the diagnosis.”
Triathlon, Corona: The Hamburg World Triathlon will be held on September 18th and 19th this year. The organizers announced on Monday. The race was originally supposed to take place on July 10th and 11th, but had to be postponed due to the corona restrictions. With around 10,000 participants over two days, the triathlon is one of the largest events of its kind.
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