Athletics EAA European Championships 2018

[heywoodu 15,145]

On 25-7-2018 at 14:28, heywoodu said:

 

On the men's side it's mostly a matter of hoping for surprises. I mean, Martina has shown again and again and again and again that he knows very well how to peak at a championship event even when the rest of his season was mediocre, so even though in his current shape he's far from any favourite, it's never a smart move to count him out. Bonevacia (400m) and the 4x400m team will have to have one or two amazing days plus have the luck that some higher rated favourites don't have their best day, same goes for Comenentia in the hammer. The men's 4x100m might be the most realistic men's medal chance, since they're in great shape (broke the NR last week) and if there's one event where favourites can 'easily' get in trouble it's a sprint relay with dropped batons and stuff.

 

In short: yes, there are some possible chances, no, none of them is a major medal threat.

 

This is what I had listed somewhere else for the women:

Schippers (100m, 200m, but she really needs to step up her game, because with her most recent awful performances she's barely even a threat. Of course she has the potential for double gold, no doubt about it, but she's been getting slower and slower every day since switching coaches)

Samuel (outside chance in the 200m, mostly because she's been the opposite of Schippers: improving every race and now even beating Schippers last week)

Women's 4x100m

Lisanne de Witte (400m, not the favourite, but in current shape definitely a chance)

Sifan Hassan (main favourite in the 5000m)

I have no idea what Krumins will be capable of in the 5000/10.000

Visser (100mH, if she can get back to her NR-breaking level that she had in May/early June, before her recent couple of weeks out due to injury)

Vetter (heptathlon)

 

Yes, the goal of 7 medals is of course far from impossible, but to reach it certain people (mainly Schippers) need to show a whole lot more than they've been doing so far this year. 'Gun to the head', I'd say 5 medals.

And there we go, the goal was 7 medals, the result is 8 medals, even without Vetter and Visser  

 

[Werloc 3,164]

Anyways, now that everything is done and dusted, time for some statistics.

 

In 2016 there were 139 medals won and divided by 32 nations, whilst in 2018, there were 150 medals won, but only divided by 27 nations.

 

Nations that had a medal in 2016, but didn't manage to win one in 2018:   whilst and the neutral athletes of Russia returned to the medal table.

 

Amount of medals won (changes from 2016 to 2018) - Nation Flag / Medal Difference / (Position in the medal table compared to 2016)

+2 (+2)

= (-1)

+3 (-1)

= (+4)

+3 (+5)

+4 (+9)

+4 (+5)

+2 (+5)

+6 (+8)

+2 (-4)

-4 (-4)

+1 (-7)

+6

-7 (-9)

-1 (-3)

= (+7)

-1 (-7)

+1 (+7)

-1 (-4)

= (+5)

-1 (=)

 

Outside the top 20

Bulgaria won two medals less

Hungary won one medal less

Azerbaijan, Estonia, Ireland equal their performance

Slovakia, Austria goes up 1 medal

 

Very successful championships for: Greece, Belarus, Ukraine

Unsuccessful: Portugal, Turkey

And a bit of unnecessary information: the most successful European Championships in Lithuanian history, with only a second gold after 2006 gold medal of Virgilijus Alekna and only the second time after 2012 when more than one medal is won.

 

Edited August 13, 2018 by Werloc

[Dragon 1,844]

Mondo Duplantis's pole vault will be recognised as a new national record for  

US rules say that if you are a US citizen it doesn't matter if you compete for another country -  you can still set American records.

Edited August 13, 2018 by Dragon
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[Belle 975]

1 hour ago, Dragon said:

Mondo Duplantis's pole vault will be recognised as a new national record for  

US rules say that if you are a US citizen it doesn't matter if you compete for another country -  you can still set American records.

Strange rules. Why didn't Sanna Kallur's record recognised as national record for USA? Also, it's strange that USA can have a national record in a European championships. 

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor 3 Minuten schrieb Belle:

Strange rules. Why didn't Sanna Kallur's record recognised as national record for USA? Also, it's strange that USA can have a national record in a European championships. 

Which record are we talking about?

Its strange indeed that you can set an american record at european championships, but on the other hand Sweden basically had no part in developing Duplantis, so its only fair that the american federation recognizes it as their own record.

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor 8 Stunden schrieb heywoodu:

And there we go, the goal was 7 medals, the result is 8 medals, even without Vetter and Visser  

 

What do you mean with "without Vetter and Visser"?

[Belle 975]

28 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Which record are we talking about?

Its strange indeed that you can set an american record at european championships, but on the other hand Sweden basically had no part in developing Duplantis, so its only fair that the american federation recognizes it as their own record.

 

But still it's Duplantis choice who he want to represent. He choose to represent Sweden because his roots and ciitzienship. USA should not get a nation record in a ECH. 

 

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor 8 Minuten schrieb Belle:

 

But still it's Duplantis choice who he want to represent. He choose to represent Sweden because his roots and ciitzienship. USA should not get a nation record in a ECH. 

 

I think its ok that the US claimed the record, but its weird that the same person is holding the national record in two nations at the same time. It might get interesting once he jumps world record.

[Belle 975]

27 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

I think its ok that the US claimed the record, but its weird that the same person is holding the national record in two nations at the same time. It might get interesting once he jumps world record.

Wel I don't think it's ok. Kallur has the record on 60 hurdles. But it doesn't count as US record. Why that?

[Dragon 1,844]

2 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

Which record are we talking about?

Its strange indeed that you can set an american record at european championships, but on the other hand Sweden basically had no part in developing Duplantis, so its only fair that the american federation recognizes it as their own record.

The world indoor 60m hurdles record.

It seems to be that Kallur's time was overlooked by the people who ratify the records,.

I gather this rule will be changed next year.