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:USA Tara Davis-Woodhall with a HUGE WL of 7.17m in women’s long jump at the Atlanta Track Classic! :hyper:
 

Assuming she can stay healthy, she’s winning Olympic gold this year. 

 

 

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4 hours ago, Josh said:

22.07 PB in the women’s 200m for :USA Sydney McLaughlin :hyper::yikes:

 

It's almost a shame the US media focus on Richardson instead of McLaughlin who is much more likeable and could actually be the doing things Marion Jones was supposed to do 25 years ago. I do realize SML's somewhat indifferent persona is a nightmare for story-telling TV ratings.

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2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

It's almost a shame the US media focus on Richardson instead of McLaughlin who is much more likeable and could actually be the doing things Marion Jones was supposed to do 25 years ago. I do realize SML's somewhat indifferent persona is a nightmare for story-telling TV ratings.

For some reason the younger generation loves obnoxious attention seekers like SCR and SML is the opposite of that.

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5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

It's almost a shame the US media focus on Richardson instead of McLaughlin who is much more likeable and could actually be the doing things Marion Jones was supposed to do 25 years ago. I do realize SML's somewhat indifferent persona is a nightmare for story-telling TV ratings.

Sydney gets a lot of media attention as well. She just wasn’t very active for a while due to her injury and her coaching camp likes to keep things on the down low.

Edited by Olympian1010

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4 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

It's almost a shame the US media focus on Richardson instead of McLaughlin who is much more likeable and could actually be the doing things Marion Jones was supposed to do 25 years ago. I do realize SML's somewhat indifferent persona is a nightmare for story-telling TV ratings.

There is not much to focus on when McLaughlin only races about 2-3 times a year. Unless she suddenly turns up to Diamond Leagues and other competitions this season, it's going to feel really unsatisfying as a fan when she wins gold in Paris to be honest.

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Götzis Decathlon Results

 

1. :CAN Damian Warner 8678 pts

2. :NED Sven Roosen 8517 pts PB OQT

3. :EST Johannes Erm 8462 pts

4. :AUS Ashley Moloney 8367 pts

5. :GRN Lindon Victor 8366 pts

6. :GER Tim Nowak 8282 pts PB

7. :GER Felix Wolter 8190 pts

8. :BAH Ken Mullings 8176 pts PB

9. :GER Nils Laserich 8146 pts PB

10. :LTU Edgaras Bunkunskas 8098 pts PB

 

Sven Roosen finished right behind :NOR Markus Rooth and Sander Skotheim in the U23 Euros last year, when Rooth and Skotheim had their breakthrough years with 8600+ pts results. Glad Roosen is catching up to his age group again with 6 PB's today!

 

Götzis Heptathlon Results

1. :NED Anouk Vetter 6642 pts WL

2. :SUI Annik Kälin 6506 pts

3. :USA Michelle Atherley 6465 PB

4. :NED Emma Oosterwegel 6337 pts

5. :GER Vanessa Grimm 6307 pts

6. :AUS Tori West 6245 pts PB

7. :USA Annie Kuns 6209 pts

8. :AUT Verena Mayr 6196 pts

9. :USA Allie Jones 6185 pts

10. :AUT Ivona Dadic 6115 pts

 

Vetter:wub:

 

 

Not the best fields for Götzis, but still a great athmosphere and competition and a whole bunch of PBs across the board.

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