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3 hours ago, Monzanator said:

But Bol is only 21yo and has a much earlier start into stardom than Schippers. She can definitely dominate the European 400m scene during the next decade and who knows what she does in Tokyo? Will she enter both 400m hurdles and 400m flat?

 

I have to say I can't tell a difference between the Dutch women's relay other than Bol being the tallest. They all kinda look the same ;)

Things change way too quickly in sports to make predictions for a decade. She definitely has a shot at bronze in Tokyo in the 400 m hurdles. Wouldn’t make sense for her to also enter the 400.

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17 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

I am always amazed to see how seriously Poland takes European championships. GB and Germany on the other hand ...

Athletics is a very popular sport here and the rise in 21st century started in those field events that are usually abandoned on TV and big media who only focus on sprints and track events. Other than 1980s we always had elite world class athletes winning gold medals in Olympics and World Championships. GB tries to stay true to their sprints & middle distance running but they never had a strong field presence save for some one-offs. And Germany has tailed off a lot in athletics as well though just like Poland you seem to do better in field events these days.

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1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

Athletics is a very popular sport here and the rise in 21st century started in those field events that are usually abandoned on TV and big media who only focus on sprints and track events. Other than 1980s we always had elite world class athletes winning gold medals in Olympics and World Championships. GB tries to stay true to their sprints & middle distance running but they never had a strong field presence save for some one-offs. And Germany has tailed off a lot in athletics as well though just like Poland you seem to do better in field events these days.

Sure, Germany is weaker now than 20 or more years ago, but not weaker than 10 or 15 years ago. Also Germany not sure what you mean with „Germany seems to do better in field events these days“. I don’t remember a time when Germany (not GDR) did better in track events.

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14 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Sure, Germany is weaker now than 20 or more years ago, but not weaker than 10 or 15 years ago. Also Germany not sure what you mean with „Germany seems to do better in field events these days“. I don’t remember a time when Germany (not GDR) did better in track events.

 

Germany used to be the best 400m nation in Europe this side of GB and USSR/Russia. Poland still has a strong 400m team but Belgium and Netherlands seem to have overtaken Germany by miles. Also no sprinting power in Germany anymore, one silver from Kranz which is very poor by former standards.

 

Germany has definitely regressed in 400m/sprints/pole vault & high jump.

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55 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Germany used to be the best 400m nation in Europe this side of GB and USSR/Russia. Poland still has a strong 400m team but Belgium and Netherlands seem to have overtaken Germany by miles. Also no sprinting power in Germany anymore, one silver from Kranz which is very poor by former standards.

 

Germany has definitely regressed in 400m/sprints/pole vault & high jump.

1) Sure, Germany has regressed in some events, but at the same time Germany has improved in other events (triple jump, men’s javelin, women’s distance running), this is just the way it goes.

 

2) It doesn’t make any sense to draw any conclusions from the results at the European indoor championships. The top 4 or 5 women didn’t even compete in the 60 m sprint (Lückenkemper, Mayer, Kwayie, Pinto) and in women’s 60 m hurdles Dutkiewicz and Roleder were missing.

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