GERMAN MEETINGS: DÜSSELDORF – Remarkable sprint duel between a female athlete and an ice hockey player: Inna Weit victorious

ART against DEG or Duesseldorf Olympic hope against the second-fastest skater of the German Ice Hockey League (DEL): In the sprint duel of the year between Inna Weit and Alexander Preibisch Inna Weit was victorious in hand-stopped 7.13 seconds over the 60 metres, nine days before the PSD Bank Meeting on February 3.

Preibisch was beaten narrowly in the exciting competition. The 24-year-old clocked the respectable time of 7.22sec at the Athletics Hall at Arena Sportpark.

For Inna Weit, member of the Stockheim Team Rio, the race was a first test for the PSD Bank Meeting. A serious opponent was chosen; Alexander Preibisch is after all not only the fastest skater of the Duesseldorf ice hockey club DEG, but also the second-fastest skater of the DEL.

“It was a very special idea by the team of the PSD Bank Meeting. It was close today, but it was enough. Now I’m looking forward to the Meeting“, said Weit, who finished fourth with the 4x100m relay team at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. The certified physiotherapist gave her opponent a few clues prior to the start, among other things she told him which foot must be in front on the starting block.

“Unfortunately it was not enough but it was real fun. I regularly follow athletics, my family comes from that area after all”, commented Preibisch, who was given two tickets for the PSD Bank Meeting on February 3 by Inna Weit as a “consolation”.

August-Wilhelm Albert, Managing Director of the PSD Bank Rhein-Ruhr, also enjoyed the competition: “Many thanks to both athletes! This event really heightened the anticipation for the PSD Bank Meeting in nine days. I’m also very pleased that the event is again sold out. Though we have experienced that in the past years, the tickets have never been sold out that early.”  

“It is not a matter of course that we are again sold out, but the result of the meticulous work of all the staff“, said Martin Ackermann, executive of Duesseldorf Congress Sport & Event. “Today we watched a very interesting and exciting race between a top runner and a player from the current Duesseldorf top team.”