Athletics EAA European Championships 2024

[Monzanator 4,768]

Speaking of consistency, Wojciech Nowicki took part in 11 senior championships in his career so far and has won 11 medals

 

 

[heywoodu 15,997]

By the way, what's with the modern-day trend of athletes having to walk around with their flag after a medal? That used to be a spontaneous act that sometimes someone did, now it's basically part of the obligatory celebrations with the flags for the whole top-3 simply being brought to them  

 

Why can't nice things just stay nice things  

[SalamAkhi 329]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

By the way, what's with the modern-day trend of athletes having to walk around with their flag after a medal? That used to be a spontaneous act that sometimes someone did, now it's basically part of the obligatory celebrations with the flags for the whole top-3 simply being brought to them  

 

Why can't nice things just stay nice things  

It's significant for the athlete, some talk about "waving the flag" as a metaphor for being on the podium. That's how things become customary.

[heywoodu 15,997]

Second time defending champion Kaul is really losing some points, after his mediocre high jump.

[heywoodu 15,997]

5 minutes ago, SalamAkhi said:

It's significant for the athlete, some talk about "waving the flag" as a metaphor for being on the podium. That's how things become customary.

Yeah, it's too bad. A few years ago it was like a nice extra that sometimes happened after for example a surprising win or something, now it's just part of the more or less obligatory procedure  (like all those football players who 'need' to create some weird celebration or something instead of just....you know, celebrate and run and cheer )

 

Oh well, I'm getting too old to keep up with these things, I realize that  

Edited June 11, 2024 by heywoodu

[Mkbw50 449]

What happened to Gletty there

[heywoodu 15,997]

Wow, Gletty. That's a rare way to throw away a shot at a medal.

[SalamAkhi 329]

His loudspeaker did not work, so he thought there was a FS. 15.30 like this is incredible. Hope he can have a re-run. 

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

There should be a giant poster with every Paris 2024 qualification entries in our national broadcaster studio, because they are really clueless 

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

Gletty gets a rerun !

Edited June 11, 2024 by De_Gambassi