dullard 481 Posted May 14, 2023 #351 Share Posted May 14, 2023 So annoying to watch athletes showboat instead of putting down a big time. Biathlonfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biathlonfan 467 Posted May 14, 2023 #352 Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) Mykolas Alekna with 70.40 for his second best ever throw and an improvement of nearly two meters of his own meeting record from last year at the Pac 12 . Edited May 14, 2023 by Biathlonfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,190 Posted May 15, 2023 #353 Share Posted May 15, 2023 When even the race walkers admit they actually run... Biathlonfan, Josh, NMQ and 4 others 7 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,138 Posted May 18, 2023 #354 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Martynas Alekna, older brother of Mykolas Alekna smashed his PB in the discus throw with a 64.00 throw, only losing to Stahl. This is his very first real competitive throw in senior level and a PB of nearly 4 metres. Perhaps a sign of good things to come? Biathlonfan and Josh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biathlonfan 467 Posted May 18, 2023 #355 Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Werloc said: Martynas Alekna, older brother of Mykolas Alekna smashed his PB in the discus throw with a 64.00 throw, only losing to Stahl. This is his very first real competitive throw in senior level and a PB of nearly 4 metres. Perhaps a sign of good things to come? I was having so much fun responding to all the reactions on Instagram to everyone finding out about his existence,that you beat me to announcing this. Yeah,this was a long time coming,I mean he won the under 23 comp at the European throwing cup last year,but that's about the most he's done so far,and obviously no one really cared all that much.Here all his legal throws were bigger than his previous pb,one of the fouls was also big apparently. Great time to finally break out,doesn't appear like there was any wind help either from the video,so yeah good sign truly Hopefully we see three male Lithuanian discus throwers at the world champs this year. Edited May 18, 2023 by Biathlonfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,138 Posted May 18, 2023 #356 Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Biathlonfan said: I was having so much fun responding to all the reactions on instagram toeveryone finding out about his existance,that you beat me to announcing this. Yeah,this was a long time coming,I mean he won the under 23 comp at the european throwing cup last year,but that's about the most he's done so far,and obviously no one really cared all that much.Here all his legal throws were bigger than his previous pb,one of the fouls was also big apparently. Great time to finally break out,doesn't appear like there was any wind help either from the video,so yeah good sign truly Hopefully we see three male Lithuanian discus throwers at the world champs this year. Two more results around 64 metres and I think that qualification through rating is very very likely. Jusis kept talking about how Martynas is very talented and that he'll throw very far, but I struggled to believe him, especially after last season where Martynas was perma stuck throwing below 60 metres. I thought it would be another Poška incident again, but it seems that there's hope for him to develop yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biathlonfan 467 Posted May 18, 2023 #357 Share Posted May 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Werloc said: Two more results around 64 metres and I think that qualification through rating is very very likely. Jusis kept talking about how Martynas is very talented and that he'll throw very far, but I struggled to believe him, especially after last season where Martynas was perma stuck throwing below 60 metres. I thought it would be another Poška incident again, but it seems that there's hope for him to develop yet. Jusis very much backs up what he claims,obviously Mykolas pretty much always manages to exceed expectations,but the track record for the coach with My own name[like with the paralympic athletes he coaches] is very positive. Martynas clearly developed later,much more like his Dad than his baby brother,[also looks much more like Dad,so him taking dad's route to stardom rather than his own is kinda poetic]it would almost have been too insane if he had started throwing bombs before or at the same time that Mykolas was. Also,i saw on Lnk last summer Mykolas claiming that he thinks Martynas is even more talented than him,and could go farther,now i scoffed at this originally,but I don't really see Mykolas making this claim just for the lols,and hey now at the very least we should be safe from a bad blood jealousy fourcade issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,817 Posted May 19, 2023 #358 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Two good FTA events this weekend, both on the European Athletics YT channel. Night of the 10,000m PBs from London on Saturday. Whole lot of races, top of the bill races start at 20:00 UK. European Race Walking Team Champs from Podebrady on Sunday. https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanAthletics/streams Josh and Biathlonfan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,047 Posted May 19, 2023 #359 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biathlonfan 467 Posted May 20, 2023 #360 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Lukas WEIßHAIDINGER goes for a new Austrian discus record of 70.68 making him the 4 men to throw 70 this year and it's just may the most since 1983 Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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