Athletics at the European Championships 2022

[heywoodu 14,892]

9 hours ago, Dragon said:

Nothing can possibly go wrong for Ehammer now....

If Kaul performs anywhere near his normal level, Ehammer still needs absolutely massive PB's left and right to end up getting close  

 

Kaul is basically the personification of "don't look at the standings after X events, look at the overall picture", especially before day two starts  

 

Too bad I can't find any odds in bookmakers I can play at, maybe they'd make the same mistake as they did with Mayer at the worlds..(with the only caveat to skewer the forecast a little being Kaul's massive javelin)

[Grassmarket 3,359]

False starts!  
 

Abele out!  Justice done because he did it in the 100m yesterday.  

[heywoodu 14,892]

Boooo for false start DQ's in multi-events.

 

Meanwhile Kaul had an excellent start of day two and gained a bit on his forecast, whereas Ehammer performed exactly according to the forecast with 13.75 seconds. For now Kaul increases his chances for the win.

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

Apparently, Abele had announced prior to thechampionship, that this will be its last decathlon. Awful 

[heywoodu 14,892]

Disappointing 34.92m for Ehammer with the discus, letting another 40 points or so go  

 

He will need to hope Kaul doesn't go to 45 meters or so, which he has done almost all the time lately.

[Belle 932]

Karlström 

[Belle 932]

Karlström DNF in 35km walk. He couldn’t continue the race 

[phelps 7,622]

Arriba Espana! Gold for Miguel Angel Lopez in the men's 35k race walk...

 

Germany on their way to silver, Italy should end up with bronze...

 

Karlsson boiled & missing in action...

 

pretty boring races and hyper-messy organization with men and women on the same circuit at the same time...

[heywoodu 14,892]

This was no advertisement for race walking, sadly.

 

Commentator saying Linke must be extra happy to win in his favourite event, the 35km.

 

Somehow I doubt the 35km is actually his favourite event...his favourite existing event, perhaps  

[dcro 10,210]

11 minutes ago, phelps said:

pretty boring races and hyper-messy organization with men and women on the same circuit at the same time...

It must be a dress rehearsal for the fabulous new Olympic format - "Let's stage two individiual races, but award team medals only!"