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Good lane for Dobek!

Just now, dcro said:

 

Still, I don't see these names appearing in other events. 

 

Perhaps they should lease Gunta Latiševa-Čudare for the relay.

Yeah, it's fairly uncommon for Polish women athletes to take a double name. Holub married her coach, Swiety married a Greco-Roman wrestler and Baumagrt married a football goalkeeper.

You don't mess with the athletics school of DDR!!!

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

Is fancy surname a requirement for Polish women's 400m team?9

These three all got married during the past 18 months or so hence the double names

Looks like one bridge too far for Grenot...

They keep mixing up the FL times on TV

Well done Iga!!! PB right there!

Epic failure for Holub!!!

Thiam 15,35 PB!!!

BBC ain't gonna like that!

Koleczek in the final! Gotta say that was unexpected!

Just now, heywoodu said:

If Johnson-Thompson loses 2 meters to Thiam on the shot put, the world is normal. Because that is the expectation. 

But your forget about the HYPE!!!!  

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Compared with what? She is currently in bronze medal position and around 12.50m should normally keep her there, I don't think she'll lose 2 meters on that.

Compared to Thiam of course. Let's face it, BBC only thinks of the gold medal for her and Thiam still remains the #1 favorite. The KJT hype is heckuva annoying.

Do you work for the BBC or something?   How much KJT will lose in the shot? I say ca. 2 meters

Mironchyk-Ivanova is back to the long ponytail?

From volleyball: Milad Ebadipour has extended his contract with PGA Skra Belchatow and will remain with the team in the 2018/19 season.

11 minutes ago, Werloc said:

Yes, our oldest record on the women's field is back from 1983, Ana Ambrazienė with 54.02 in women's 400m. Hurdles and only 11 days later it's the record (3:27.54) in 4x400m relay.

On the men's field, it's back 1969, Vladimiras Dudinas ran the 3000m. Steeplechase in 8:22.2

 

Although, we have some insane records that I think will never be broken, like Galina Murašova with 72.14 in women's discus. 20.27 by Danguolė Bimbaitė in shot put seems pretty unreachable too.

As for the men's, Benjaminas Viluckis looks scary in hammer throw with 82.24 (I don't know when was the last time we threw a hammer at least 70m, it's pretty much a joke discipline in Lithuania nowadays). Also, everyone is speculating if Gudžius is talented enough to go after 73.88 set by Alekna back in 2000.

Hmm... I don't see it tbh. It's right up there with Schult's WR and it would be a huge upset if anyone goes beyond 73 or 74m again. Malachowski had like one epic throw in Hengelo and that was "only" 71,84m. It seems pretty similar to Sedykh's WR in the hammer. We've had three guys capable of throwing well over 80m in the last 20 years but they won't get nowhere near that record.

7 minutes ago, Werloc said:

Nah, you answered my question correctly. I was wondering what was the most recent record, it's just that

1) I did not expect it to be that recent

2) I wanted to facepalm myself, because I remembered watching the video of that throw, but my mind erased it as a broken record

Generally, I thought that perhaps the most recent broken record would be something a bit less obvious, but every single German record is probably a qualification mark to any championship Here in Lithuania we still have some records that are childs play and we have like 6-7 athletes that are actively breaking NR's as their PB's and a lot of athletes that are very close to breaking NR's.

Does Lithuania honor the USSR period records?

25 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Of course i dont care whether she breaks a polish record ... lets be honest, you wouldnt care either if someone broke a german record?

I am sure it would be special for her to break such an old record that is probably from the time where there were no serious doping controls.

About Schwanitz performances today: We shouldnt forget that Schwanitz was involved in a car crash only 1 day after the german championships 3 weeks ago and injured her finger, so this might have played a role in her poor performance today.

You sounded as if you thought that polish athletics is in a better state than german athletics, so i had the feeling that all of those things werent obvious to you, but of course you are right, its only normal for Germany to be better than Poland in sports. Of course that doesnt stop Germany from being a complete disaster in fencing and swimming, so i guess as a german fan you have to be glad that german athletics is in a much better state.

I'd care if we're talking about Gohr, Koch or Drechsler records!   

Our women's shot put record is from June 1976, second oldest is Irena Szewinska's old 400m World Record from Montreal OG and that will probably stand for the next 40 years   Our SP record holder says she's got a special bottle of champagne ready when Guba finally beats the record (she's 20 cm short atm).

I don't care about fencing and swimming, these sports are rather boring though we've had success in both.

But we probably have a better shot at winning the overall medal table than Germany here  

26 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

No, Thompson for sure is an expert, but i think he just got emotional (like i did after Schwanitz lost the gold) because he saw an athlete from his country losing a medal and thought "All the other guys are much faster, why cant you run any faster" and he certainly had his own PB of 4:20 in mind. I would say you will have a hard time to find a normal person who is able to run sub 5:00 for the 1500 m.

BBC experts are the worst when it comes to cheering for UK athletes so Thompson's comments are actually not what you'd expect from them. Just wait until they hype KJT like she had a solid shot for gold vs Thiam    Besides, we're not talking normal people here. Steve Backley also said about Duckworth that you can't have 9 good events at this level hence they really understand how bad his 1500m time is. There's just no way to defend it.

3 minutes ago, Werloc said:

Oh, I didn't know there was one Okay then, something less recent than this one I'd assume it's pretty tough breaking records in Germany.

Or did you mean the oldest German NR? That probably dates back to the unholy deceased DDR

It's safe to say Marlies Gohr, Marita Koch and Heike Drechsler will keep their records for a while yet

3 minutes ago, Werloc said:

In all honesty, this peaked my curiosity. What is the most recent senior German record that was broken?

Probably Vetter's 94m in the javelin last year?

6 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Depends on what you define as jogging pace ...

4:58 equals a time of about 33 minutes for the 10 000 m, which is roughly the speed of elite females.

Daley Thompson said Duckworth is "a jogger" with that PB. Don't take my word for it, maybe Thompson doesn't have a clue about decathlon either?

It's decathlon, 10 000m results don't mean anything here.

2 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Guba is miles away from being in medal contention at the olympics, unlike Schwanitz, so nothing to worry from a german perspective. In addition to that Germany has the 2015 U18 world champion (Julia Ritter), the 2017 U18 world champion (Selina Dantzler) and the 2016 U20 world champion (Alina Kenzel) in this event, so absolutely nothing to worry. At the last 2 youth world championships and the 2018 U20 world championships as well as the 2017 U20 european championships, the 2017 U23 european championships and the 2018 U18 european championships Germany was ahead of Poland in the medal table, so if anything Poland has to worry. At the moment Poland it looks as if Poland might win medals at the olympics in both hammer throws and maybe mens shot put, but once Wlodarczyk retires, it looks pretty dark. Kszczot is old as well and not a medal contender, the same is true for Malachowski. Lisek might surprise, but currently Lavillenie, Duplantis and Kendricks are clearly ahead of him. I think 4 medals are realistic for Poland at the next olympics. Germany on the other hand has 3 javelin throwers, C. Harting, mens decathlon, womens heptathlon, 20 km race walking, womens 4 x 100 m relay, Schwanitz, Dutkiewicz/Roleder and "sidekicks" like Gierisch, Mihambo, womens javelin throw or Storl and talents like Heinle, Lückenkemper, Klosterhalfen and so on.

 

If you are really convinced that polish athletics is in a better state, i would like to offer you a bet: I say that Germany will win at least 2 more medals in athletics than Poland at the next olympics, are you in?

I never said Guba will win a medal the Olympics It's exciting for us since she's on target to beat the oldest T&F NR. Obviously that means nothing for you.

Germany will always be favored to win more Olympic medals than Poland because a) you have a bigger population and b) you have more financial resources. Our athletics programme hinges on private sponsors and not much else.

You're just stating the obvious, we all well aware how powerful Germany is

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Not really. He ran a PB in the 1500 and didn't lose that much in javelin. Long jump is where he blew it mostly. 

4:58 is jogging pace. No way he fights for future medals with such a poor run.

Duckworth really blew the last two events