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Lots of meets around this week, but two long-established names to look for 

 

Tuesday - Paavo Nurmi Games from Turku, :FIN, live on YT.

 

Big throws expected in Turku as Olympic champions clash with world leaders | PREVIEWS | World Athletics

 

Thursday - Oslo Diamond League.

 

 

 

 

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Yesterday and today, we've held the Lithuanian u18 championship.

 

4 additional athletes qualified to the u18 ECH and we should have a team of probably 20 athletes there.

 

The highlight of the competition was Rugilė Miklyčiūtė breaking the Lithuanian NR in Pole Vault that was standing since 2012.

 

The new NR is 3.92 and it's the fifth best performance in the European U18 field so far.

 

Rugilė is also the very first Lithuanian pole vaulter to ever qualify for an athletics championship in any age group, we were always hilariously bad in this event, especially in the women's field. 

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Not often that anything Seb Coe says is worth listening to, but this is.  Also interesting is that the FINA document has language in it that also seems to rule out mixed-sex competitors, but I’m not up enough on the science to do anything other than stare blankly at the screen.

 

World Athletics president Lord Coe has hinted the sport could follow swimming in banning transgender women from elite female competitions, insisting "fairness is non-negotiable".

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/61865789
 

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