Athletics 2019 Discussion Thread

Dragon · July 26, 2019

dareza · July 27, 2019

:yikes:

Werloc · July 27, 2019

Anyways, I promised you an update on the Lithuanian Championships and I think it's fair to say that it was one of the best championships for Lithuania with so many brilliant achievements.

First and foremost, as it was already mentioned in the Olympic thread, Edis Matusevičius threw the javelin with the mark of 89.17. This is a new Lithuanian record by more than 4 metres, an Olympic qualifying mark as well as the 3rd best mark in the world right now.

It was not the only record to fall, the women's hammer throw record from 2007 was already broken unoficially this year by two different women. Now, it is finally official as Agnė Lukoševičiūtė threw the hammer 60.48 and broke the old record by over 6 metres.

Another historical result was Osvaldas Gedrimas in Pole Vault, jumping 5.00. It's been 28 years since the last time anybody from Lithuania jumped 5 metres.

The long awaited battle between Dzindzaletaitė and Zagainova ended with Dzindzaletaitė winning by 8cm, although both jumped slightly less than 14 metres.

On the first day, Adrijus Glebauskas jumped 2.28 in high jump, which pretty much solidified his quota to World Championships.

Andrius Gudžius threw the discus with a mark of 67.73, slowly getting back on form after his injury.

Ieva Zarankaitė threw a PB in the discus of 58.25 and qualified to the European Championships.

Lastly, our 43yo veteran Indrė Jakubaitytė threw the javelin with a mark of 56.97, if she throws a bit further, she may qualify to the European Championships and I honestly don't even have a clue anymore how many she attented, she is a legend.

Edited July 27, 2019 by Werloc

dcro · July 27, 2019

4 minutes ago, Werloc said:

Andrius Gudžius threw the discus with a mark of 77.73, slowly getting back on form after his injury.

With a distance like that, I'd say he is getting back in form rather quickly. :yikes:

Werloc · July 27, 2019

1 minute ago, dcro said:

With a distance like that, I'd say he is getting back in form rather quickly.

Oh jesus :facepalm: That's me on zero sleep and javelin throw on my mind.

hckošice · July 28, 2019

6.06 for Kendricks. 2nd best ever outdoor result behind Bubka :yes

Monzanator · July 28, 2019

:POL Michal Haratyk 22,32 NR in Warsaw today

That's the longest put by an European in the 21st century :hyper:

Only Timmermann, Andrei, Gunthor & Beyer have ever thrown further in Europe! :yikes:

Monzanator · July 28, 2019

Some fact checks, it's the longest throw by an European outdoors since Ulf Timmermann's gold medal put in Seoul 1988 OG!!! (22,47) who also had 22,55 in February 1989 indoors. And that is that :bye: