Athletics EAA Indoor European Championships 2023

[Matteo92 364]

Iapichino is a very pleasant surprise, she seemed to be stuck well below her 6.91 from two years ago (she's still 20, of course).

[Makedonas 2,263]

13 hours ago, Belle said:

Congratulations whoever wins gold and medals in men’s pole vault but…you are damn lucky 

 

2 hours ago, Belle said:

5.80 as winner result in men’s pole vault…not impressive. Lucky guys. 

 

2 hours ago, Belle said:

Yeah let’s hype Norway. The Pole Vault gold was so totally amazing and impressive 

Duplantis CHOSE to skip this event. It is not their fault that he created an opportunity for the others, and they took advantage of it.

 

Also, one could argue that they are unlucky to compete against Duplantis in all other competitions, and that in another era they would be more successful because they wouldn't have to compete with Mondo.

 

And Blech cleared 5.80 and didn't win a medal, which was the first time in the men's pole vault since Belgrade 2017 that someone cleared 5.80 and still missed the podium. The level was not as low as you make it out to be.

 

 

I am happy that Karalis finally got a medal after being close many other times (4th at the Tokyo Olympics, 4th at the 2019 European Indoors, 5th at the 2018 World Indoors as an 18 yo...)

[Jinzha 703]

Full medal table:

 

[Makedonas 2,263]

In the end the Greek team ended with 3 medals (1 gold and 2 silver). It was more or less expected.

 

Tentoglou getting gold was always extremely likely to happen, now it was his third in a row and he is still undefeated in European competitions. He has a chance now in Budapest to hold all 6 major titles at once (Olympics, World Championships, European Championships, World Indoor Championships, European Indoor Championships, Diamond League). He was so close last year and very unlucky in Eugene to leave with silver.

 

Karalis silver was nice and I knew he would have a good chance for a medal. Andrikopoulos was a surprise, I thought maybe one of the other triple jumpers or Stefanidi could win our other medal.

 

A few others with PBs and SBs was also nice to see.

 

[Jinzha 703]

I'm very impressed by the development of Belgian athletics as well. Felt like they were represented in a lot of finals and have some great talents like Noor Vidts and Rani Rosius.

[OlympicsFan 860]

6 hours ago, Monzanator said:

wins the medal table. As if you think biathlon and nordic skiing was enough for them...

It is interesting to see that often the countries that are good in one endurance sport are good in many/all endurance sports.

Norway: Biathlon, speed skating, cross-country skiing, running, cycling

Netherlands: Speed skating, cycling, rowing, running

Italy: Rowing, cycling, swimming, running/speed skating to some degree

GB: Rowing, cycling, swimming, running, triathlon

Also there have been many athletes who were good in multiple of those sports (mainly 2 out of speed skating/cross-country/cycling/rowing/running).

[Grassmarket 4,305]

6 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

It is interesting to see that often the countries that are good in one endurance sport are good in many/all endurance sports.

Norway: Biathlon, speed skating, cross-country skiing, running, cycling

Netherlands: Speed skating, cycling, rowing, running

Italy: Rowing, cycling, swimming, running/speed skating to some degree

GB: Rowing, cycling, swimming, running, triathlon

Also there have been many athletes who were good in multiple of those sports (mainly 2 out of speed skating/cross-country/cycling/rowing/running).

I don’t know how it’s done elsewhere, but in  we have Olympic aptitude events. Promising young athletes from any background sport can do a range of tests & they will be offered places to train on the less-well known Olympic Sports. That’s how double gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold got started on skeleton. Plenty of rowers, triathletes & pentathletes have come through that.

[Nickyc707 382]

7 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

It is interesting to see that often the countries that are good in one endurance sport are good in many/all endurance sports.

Norway: Biathlon, speed skating, cross-country skiing, running, cycling

Netherlands: Speed skating, cycling, rowing, running

Italy: Rowing, cycling, swimming, running/speed skating to some degree

GB: Rowing, cycling, swimming, running, triathlon

Also there have been many athletes who were good in multiple of those sports (mainly 2 out of speed skating/cross-country/cycling/rowing/running).

Some sports have a long history of crossover, e.g. cycling/speed skating, while triathlon athletes often have a background in running or swimming. Other crossovers are more unusual but Rebecca Romero won Olympic medals in rowing and then cycling.

 

Clearly some of the attributes enjoyed by competitors in endurance sports are interchangeable and if a country has strength in one or more of them there are opportunities to develop a base in others, although culture and tradition also plays a part.

 

In the case of Norway you have running on the track or road (athletics), running on ice (speed skating), running on snow (cross-country/biathlon) and running on pedals (cycling). They've also produced quality rowers and triathletes like Tufte and Blummenfelt, so your theory has credence.

Edited March 6, 2023 by Nickyc707

[SalamAkhi 359]

2 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

I don’t know how it’s done elsewhere, but in  we have Olympic aptitude events. Promising young athletes from any background sport can do a range of tests & they will be offered places to train on the less-well known Olympic Sports. That’s how double gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold got started on skeleton. Plenty of rowers, triathletes & pentathletes have come through that.

Same in France. No lol just kidding of course it doesn't, we rely on sheer luck to grab some talents in individual sports (like Mathilde Gros, former basket-ball player, detected when she tried a watt bike for fun). 

Paris 2024 here we come.

 

Canada does the same with the RBC Training Ground.

Edited March 6, 2023 by SalamAkhi