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On the first day of athletics championships in Klaipėda, there were some good results in the discus throw.

 

Andrius Gudžius with the 4th season best throw in the world, the result - 68.68m

 

Another two men threw a 60+

 

And lastly, the Lithuanian U18 Discus Throw (1.75kg) record was broken by Mykolas Alekna with a throw of 60.57m

 

The second day of events has started just now, so I'll see if there was anything interesting when the results are up.

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In case you missed it:

 

Athletics Cup of Slovenia - last weekend in Ljubljana:

 

Tina Šutej - pole vault W 475 (WL)

Neja Filipič - triple jump W 14.32 (+2.2 m/s)

Neja Filipič - long jump W 649

Sandro Jeršin Tomassini - high jump M 221 (he is only 16 years old)

Kristjan Čeh - discus M 65.27 (this season already 68.75 - 3rd best in the world)

Maja Mihalinec - 200m W 23.88

 

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In the studio of Polish TV the high jump competition is being held. It's commentated by a former decathlete Sebastian Chmara and a former modern pentathlete Jarosław Idzi. What's interesting - one of the athletes is Paweł Wiesiołek, now decathlete, whose wife used to train... modern pentathlon. :)

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Does anyone else think that the ban of Naser might have a huge influence on Miller-Uibo‘s decision on whether to go for the double next year or not? I think with Naser gone she should definitely go for the double.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.
 

 

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later today, an interesting meet will be held in Savona (ITA)...

 

as usual, not many international stars at the start because of the travelling restrictions due to covid-19, but we still a good starting field, with :GBR Andrew Pozzi and many of the best Italian athletes...

 

main event of the afternoon, the duel between Filippo Tortu and Marcell Jacobs over the men's 100m dash...

 

to be followed closely, also the men's 400m dash with Davide Re (already looking in good shape in the previous meets), the women's 100m hurdles with Luminosa Bogliolo and the men's Shot Put with Leonardo Fabbri...

 

the meet is scheduled between 5 p.m. CET and 7 p.m. CET and it will be televised and streamed live by our public TV sports channel, Raisport+ HD from 5.30 p.m. CET until the end of the program...

 

I hope it will be available all around with no geo-blocking, but I can't be sure until the beginning of the live broadcast...

 

https://www.raiplay.it/dirette/raisportpiuhd

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more results from Savona (ITA)...

 

Larissa Iapichino (Fiona May's daughter) improves her PB in the women's Long Jump up to 6.80m, new Junior National Record...:cheer: :wub:

 

Filippo Tortu wins over the 100m dash in 10.12 seconds, just ahead of Marcell Jacobs (10.14 for him)...

 

Luminosa Bogliolo wins the women's 100m Hurdles in 12.86, but with the wind slightly over the limit (2.5 m/s)...

 

finally, Davide Re wins the 400m dash in 45.17, meanwhile Leonardo Fabbri wins the men's Shot Put thanks to a 21.15m effort...

 

Full Results, here:

 

http://www.fidal.it/risultati/2020/COD7977/RESULTSBYEVENT1.htm

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9 minutes ago, phelps said:

more results from Savona (ITA)...

 

Larissa Iapichino (Fiona May's daughter) improves her PB in the women's Long Jump up to 6.80m, new Junior National Record...:cheer: :wub:

 

That is surprisingly impressive....for a junior no less :yikes: 

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13 hours ago, heywoodu said:

That is surprisingly impressive....for a junior no less :yikes: 


 

Athletics in the 2020s will be a repeat of the 1990s.  We already have Fiona May’s daughter, Erki Nool’s son, Virgilius Alekna’s two sons, Tomas Dvorak’s twin daughters....

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