U20 athlete, Christian von Eitzen, has been selected to compete for Germany in the 800m at the forthcoming European Junior Championships which take place in Sweden from 16-19 July.
Last weekend he took part in the qualifiers in Mannheim; he had already achieved the qualifying time of 1:50:5, but so had other German athletes. He had to finish in the top three to be considered for selection. He actually finished 4th in his race, but as the athlete in front of him was Swiss, he hoped he had done enough. After a nerve racking few days he was able to text coach Harry Czapski to confirm that he would be travelling to Sweden with the squad.