Werloc 3,127 Posted May 21, 2017 #131 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Well, a historical bronze medal in the women's 20km race walk team standings, 8th, 11th and 17th place respectively. A respectable 5th place for Marius Žiūkas in 20km as well. Yet more proof that our nation is pretty skilled in the race walks, seeing as the 11th and 17th place were the U20 twin sisters. In other news, Juozas Baikštys broke our national U20 record in High Jump with 2,20 Another U20 record was nearly broken in 100m. Hurdles for men. U20 and U18 records broken in the Decathlon. This season for Lithuanian athletics looks to be the best in a very long while. Medalist contenders in the World Championships In U23 we have Domantas Poška, Edis Matusevičius, Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė, Simona Dobilaitė, Jogailė Petrokaitė that can fight for the medals. Also, looking at the rate in which everyone is improving, we will have the largest squads for WCH, U23, U20 and U18 that we've ever had and qualifications in disciplines that are usually not that great for us, making our athletics a bit more well-rounded which gives me hope that we'll get back to the 1st league this year and possibly remain in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted May 21, 2017 #132 Share Posted May 21, 2017 47.80 WL for Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands yesterday in Jamaica at the 400m hurdles Xander and dareza 2 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 21, 2017 #133 Share Posted May 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, heywoodu said: 47.80 WL for Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands yesterday in Jamaica at the 400m hurdles #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted May 21, 2017 #134 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Just now, dcro said: Now let's hope the Brits won't steal him dcro 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 21, 2017 #135 Share Posted May 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Now let's hope the Brits won't steal him I suppose it's encouraging that he competes down at the Carribeans. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted May 21, 2017 #136 Share Posted May 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, dcro said: I suppose it's encouraging that he competes down at the Carribeans. Didn't Zharnel Hughes and Miguel Francis do the same? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 22, 2017 #137 Share Posted May 22, 2017 7 hours ago, heywoodu said: Didn't Zharnel Hughes and Miguel Francis do the same? I don't know. 1/3 of the top athletes might stay there. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,701 Posted May 22, 2017 #138 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Hughes had no choice except to compete for GB because his country, Anguilla, can not compete at the Olympics, Francis is from Montserrat which has the same problem (except he'd lived in Antigua since the volcano wiped out half of Montserrat). British Virgin Islands compete at the Olympics so McMaster doesn't have this problem, heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted May 22, 2017 #139 Share Posted May 22, 2017 32 minutes ago, Dragon said: Hughes had no choice except to compete for GB because his country, Anguilla, can not compete at the Olympics, Francis is from Montserrat which has the same problem (except he'd lived in Antigua since the volcano wiped out half of Montserrat). British Virgin Islands compete at the Olympics so McMaster doesn't have this problem, Ah yeah, I forgot about the Anguilla thing. Still, especially in Francis' case I was disappointed to see a 'small' nation lose such a talented athlete to a 'big' nation. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,701 Posted May 22, 2017 #140 Share Posted May 22, 2017 2 hours ago, heywoodu said: Ah yeah, I forgot about the Anguilla thing. Still, especially in Francis' case I was disappointed to see a 'small' nation lose such a talented athlete to a 'big' nation. To be fair, when you got Charandy Martina, the Netherlands had to take the rest of the country too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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