Athletics EAA European Championships 2018

[heywoodu 15,178]

62.54 for Djouhan, moving him in q position for now

[Werloc 3,171]

WOAH, first good news in these championships for team Lithuania. Eglė Balčiūnaitė has really had a difficult season, filled with injuries and such, but she managed to take 2 seconds off her SB and qualified to the semi-final

[Werloc 3,171]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

62.54 for Djouhan, moving him in q position for now

The fact that I can't see this and have to wait for comfirmation from Totallympics is even scarier

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vor 23 Minuten schrieb Jur:

It's sad to see Mayer out but now the decathlon gold is a lot more interesting

How so? You realize that Artur Abele is still in?

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vor 23 Minuten schrieb heywoodu:

The decathlon used for Kaul is not from Götzis, but from Grosseto last year and compared to that, he was now slightly faster in the 100m. A bit odd to choose the Grosseto one since that was with U20 events, but alright, at least it explains it.

Yeah, but in U20 they use different weights in shot put/discus/javelin, so it makes no sense to compare it.

[heywoodu 15,178]

That looks like Butenko just threw himself very much in contention for a q. 

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vor 23 Minuten schrieb Jur:

And Martin too, all three frenchmans out in the long jump!!

Typical for french people to run from a fight. Once they saw that Abele was out for blood, they got scared and fouled out.

[heywoodu 15,178]

Just now, OlympicsFan said:

Yeah, but in U20 they use different weights in shot put/discus/javelin, so it makes no sense to compare it.

That was my point indeed. Not saying it's a logical choice they made (it really isn't), but it is the choice they made, hence the high score in the forecast. 

[heywoodu 15,178]

Gudzius hit it to 64.30 meters in his last attempt, Q  

[Werloc 3,171]

I don't think that Gudžius had a shorter throw than 64 metres this year at all, in the 15-16 competitions that he's entered. This is definitely pretty sad