Eugene. He was defeated by more than two meters by coaching companion Simon Peterson in the discus qualifiers.
But Daniel Stahl was the first to jump into the chorus of honors.
– Yes, I just cried, he said after Super Simon’s super throw.
This qualifying discus would be around Ståhl, 19-year-old Slovenian Kristjan Ceh and 19-year-old Mykolos Alekna in Lithuania.
Olympic silver medalist Simon Peterson He was somewhat left out after a poor season.
So what’s going on?
Simon goes out and dreams of the second longest throw of his life – 68.11 metres.
Almost the same bang and much longer than the 67.39 that awarded the Olympic silver medal in Tokyo.
“Now I’m eager to fight for her.”
Then he himself had stood the day before here in Eugene and tried to thwart all expectations regarding the medal.
But now I’m eager to go out and fight anyway, says Simon.
– In the tournament, he goes 68 meters far, although I think it would require a lot of thought about how the others throw.
– It’s just a matter of bringing it back and making it a little better. There seems to be more.
Simon Peterson’s longest throw was his 69.48 from an early competition in May last year.
102-7
It was also the last time he beat a fellow training Daniel Stoll.
It doesn’t happen often.
Since meeting in a competition for the first time in 2013, Daniel has had 102-7 joint meetings.
Now they were in different qualifying groups, so the external conditions weren’t quite the same, but Simon had never been this wide by such a wide margin before.
But Danielle Stoll didn’t care.
He was almost happier than Simon.
– It’s very cool, says Ståhl.
– I’m just happy for him.
“Very quiet today”
surprised?
– of course not.
Daniel Staal finished ‘only’ seventh in the playoffs with a score of 65.95, with 19-year-old Mikolas Alkna of Lithuania throwing the tallest with a score of 68.91, while favorite Christian C finished second with a time of 68.23.
But for Daniel Stoll, that meant nothing.
No, the goal today was just to get to the final. I was very calm today, but it was good pressure and I’m in great shape. Within 48 hours we will know.
The discus final will be decided the night before Wednesday Swedish time.