Athletics Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[dcro 10,210]

21 hours ago, juddy96 said:

Amaliya Sharoyan - 6.72m NR

 

It's so strange that she qualified in long jump. She represented Armenia at a lot of big competitions, but that was in 400m (or 400m hurdles) event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaliya_Sharoyan

[Gianlu33 4,574]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

It's so strange that she qualified in long jump. She represented Armenia at a lot of big competitions, but that was in 400m (or 400m hurdles) event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaliya_Sharoyan

 

You are sure that she is the same person? 

[dcro 10,210]

4 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

 

You are sure that she is the same person? 

 

Well, the name is a match.

 

So it's probably the same person, unless Amaliya is very popular name and Sharoyan very common surname in Armenia.

Edited May 26, 2016 by dcro

[intoronto 5,645]

On 5/22/2016 at 04:00, OlympicsFan said:

I really dont want to discuss this with you, we will never agree. I wouldnt call those jumps normal.

 

1) Its her biggest improvement since 2013 and much bigger than her improvement from 2014 to 2015

2) Its still very early in the season, so its very likely that she will further improve this year

3) Most importantly: There is a huge difference between improving from 58.04 to 56.81 (2012 to 2013) and improving from 55.97 to 54.82 (2015 to 2016). Normally the jumps get smaller when you get older, but with her it seems to be the other way round.

4) What happened to her in 2014?

5) She turns 22 in less than a month, thats not really young for a female athlete. A one second jump wouldve been normal for a 18 or 19 yo girl maybe but not for a girl turning 22 this year. Last year she was 45th in world ranking, with her time of 54.82 she wouldve been 17th last year (less than 0.5s outside the top 10), which is also a "remarkable" improvement.

 

You probably know what i generally think about canadian athletics/swimming and i know that you will never agree with me on this topic, so we really dont need to fight this out again and again. I wont be surprised by any canadian athlete showing huge improvements this year (i was absolutely not surprised to see such huge improvements by Oleksiak, Acevedo or Masse), so this was probably the last time that i wrote something concerning this topic.

 

As a canadian fan you will be very happy with the results in Rio, you will win at least 10-12 medals in athletics/swimming and at least one gold medal.

 

Her 54.82 time was in altitude...

[juddy96 171]

Men's 100m

 

Ryota Yamagata - 10.08

Asuka Cambridge - 10.10

 

Men's 200m

 

Levi Cadogan - 20.50

 

Men's 400m Hurdles

 

Mahau Suguimati - 48.96

 

Men's Triple Jump

 

Kohei Yamashita - 16.85m

 

Women's 100m

 

Kianna Gray - 11.21

 

Women's 400m

 

Robin Reynolds - 51.85

 

Women's 10000m

 

Felista Wanjugu - 32:04.11

 

Women's 400m Hurdles

 

Chanice Chase - 55.47

[juddy96 171]

Men's Discus Throw

 

Christoph Harting - 68.06m

 

Men's Javelin Throw

 

Lars Hamann - 85.67m

 

Men's 20km Race Walk

 

Horacio Nava - 1:20:56

Eder Sanchez - 1:21:31

Ricardo Ortiz - 1:22:10

 

Women's High Jump

 

Nafissatou Thiam - 1.94m

Desiree Rossit - 1.94m

 

Women's Pole Vault

 

Anjuli Knasche - 4.55m

 

Women's 20km Race Walk

 

Agnieszka Dygacz - 1:30:27

Claire Tallent - 1:33:23

Andrea Martinez - 1:35:04

[Ionoutz24 129]

Women's Hammer throw

 

 Zalina Marghieva  - 71:91 (IAAF World Challenge Dakar)

Edited May 28, 2016 by Ionoutz24

[OlympicsFan 858]

Am 27.5.2016 um 05:36 schrieb intoronto:

 

Her 54.82 time was in altitude...

Thats the first reasonable explanation i heard. Lets see what she will do in the rest of the season.

[phelps 7,678]

Women's 200m

 

Libania Grenot,  22.56 (new NR, beating Manuela Levorato's 22.60, which stood for good 17 years)

 

 

later today, in La Coruña (ESP) there will be the traditional 20km Race Walking IAAF Challenge race (women's start at 18.30 CET, men's at 18.50 CET)...

most of the strongest specialists will be at the start of this race, including Alex Schwazer, looking for an Olympic qualifying time also in the 20km race, after his triumphant comeback in the 50km a few weeks ago in Rome...

[phelps 7,678]

and here we have the results from La Coruña...

 

Women's 20km

 

Hong Liu, 1h27m43s

Shenjie Qieyang

Eleonora Giorgi

 

Men's 20km

 

Zhen Wang, 1h20m17s

Alex Schwazer

Miguel Angel Lopez