Athletics EAA Under 18 European Championships 2024

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Czechoslovakia lives!

 

 

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 Anastasia Boumpoulidi gold medal in pole vault 

 

So now we had 4 medals here, all in women's field events, two of them gold! 

 

Good to see the future of Greek women's pole vaulting is in good hands. Iliana Triantafyllou won gold at the last edition of this Championships as well.

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In the women 800m final, 4 girls ran faster than the Championship Best!

[OlympicIRL 5,719]

Wow just saw Ireland won gold in the hammer with Thomas Williams 

 

With 20 year old Nicole Tuthill already qualified to Paris maybe we are going to resurrect our tradition of great hammer throwers of the past. New generation of Irish whales  

Edited July 22, 2024 by OlympicIRL

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1 hour ago, OlympicIRL said:

Wow just saw Ireland won gold in the hammer with Thomas Williams 

 

With 20 year old Nicole Tuthill already qualified to Paris maybe we are going to resurrect our tradition of great hammer throwers of the past. New generation of Irish whales  

We also won our first medal in discus too

 

It wasn’t that long ago that we didn’t have a field event athlete at any level!

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Not a memorable tournament for the  squad at all, with only a bronze for Madelief van Leur in the 400m and a bunch of top 8 performances. Mostly on the women's side.

 

I feel like we've got a decent amount of talent to replenish the 4x400m squad on the women's side, with Myrte van der Schoot and Britt de Blauw currently preparing for the step up to senior level and Madelief van Leur and Zoe van Gils (5th in 400mH) performing well at the U18 level. Meanwhile on the men's side there is barely any talent coming through since Isaya Klein Ikkink (21 years old).

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On 7/19/2024 at 8:22 PM, RussB said:

horrific mistake but wow the kid is fast. 16y old has run a 20.5?!! I'll forgive him this once in a lifetime fail and look forward to his future

Born in London but brought up in the USA. He won their national youth championship 200m before electing to run for Britain

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7 hours ago, dobar_73 said:

In the women 800m final, 4 girls ran faster than the Championship Best!

Despite it being the messiest race for the British fav. Can’t believe she almost won given the trouble she got herself in. Was a very entertaining watch!