He had missed a tenth at the Tokyo Games and 28 hundredths at the Eugene Worlds – at the end of June – to hang on to a final. Lore Hoffmann took his revenge at the Europeans in Munich. Qualified for the 800m semi-finals, following an intelligent race, the 26-year-old Sierroise managed to secure a place in the final this Friday morning.
In lane 7, Lore Hoffmann managed to extricate herself from the second semi-final, much faster than the first, with a time of 2’01”12, she obtained the 5th time of her semi-final and will race for a medal on Saturday night.
