Munich. Did the disc have its own Mundo Duplantis?
I think so.
Unfortunately.
I watched Slovenian great Christian C throw himself into the European Championship final here in the equally massive Olympic Stadium, as Mundo usually slides over the bar.
with marginal.
Ceh made it to the ring after a long delay in the desert heat, only to come out and throw the disc 69.08 metres. Far from ideal conditions.
Just over three meters above the official qualification limit (66.00) and Ceh managed to let go of the scorching heat on the indoor court after just one throw and with a new championship record.
Then he answered anyway Daniel Stoll An impressive throw of 66.39 in his qualifying group and he was straight.
But there is a clear difference in capacity this season.
I can only think of one track and field athlete who is equally superior now that you know who.
The scream of terror
Just as Mundo has taken over the pole vault, just like the 206 cm tall giant from Slovenia is about to become.
He has racked up fifteen out of sixteen potential wins this season and 7-1 in head-to-head meetings with former world number one Daniel Stahl.
Then it was only a year since I sat in an abandoned Olympic stadium in Tokyo and watched the history of Swedish athletics written.
Daniel Stahl kept the pressure preferred and took an Olympic gold medal, while Simon Peterson flew and took the silver at the Olympics.
I still remember the scenes of joy when they danced there indoors and Simon Peterson’s desperate struggle to hold back tears and jubilant joy in the mixed zone afterwards.
It was goosebumps.
And I hardly noticed when the great Christian Sieh wandered past as a frustrated fifth at the time.
Now he’s fully taken over and could potentially throw the EC gold here in Munich as easily as the WC gold in Eugene.
Anything else would be a disaster.
The greatest debate talent in the world
So, the Slovenian is still only 23 years old, and is probably getting better.
Stoll’s coach and Simon Vestin Hafsteinson see the Slovenian as the world’s greatest diving talent and believe he will be the one to erase the 36-year-old’s world record of 74.08.
I think so too.
In addition, another world-class throwing talent featured in Lithuanian Mykolos Alekna, who is still only 19 years old and is second behind the superior Ceh with a score of 65.48 and then jumped to Simon Peterson third with a score of 62.39.
But the scary thing about Ceh is that he can throw 70 meters in any conditions.
It doesn’t matter where the wind is blowing.
Suddenly the roles are reversed.
This is how fast you can go.
I met Porgy Salming here in the stands when her daughter Bianca started her heptathlons.
It felt great as usual, despite the circumstances.
After all, I have followed him for many years, in many tournaments and in a position in the city that loves him most – Toronto.
I still remember the banner in the stands when he got that famous standing ovation at Maple Leaf Park during the 1976 Canada Cup.
#21 in Toronto #5 in Sweden #1 in the world
This describes the feelings most people have towards this guy.
Nothing prevents him from traveling to Munich despite his illness.
This is if anything shows how much of a fighter he is and what he always has been.
Although it has had little Swedish success so far, it has been an absolutely incomparable venue here at the Olympic Stadium in Munich.
The biggest party I’ve seen at an athletics championships since the European Championships in Berlin 2018.
This is how the European Commission will become permanent in Germany.
WC in Eugene was a complete fiasco for the Germans with only two medals, gold and bronze, but at the same time there were many who gave up on WC to bet on EC at home.
They were right about that.
On Tuesday evening, 50,000 spectators cheered Gina Luckenkemper for a thrilling gold in the women’s 100m and 10th Niklas Cowell for an unparalleled recovery in the 1500m finish.
Only in the first two days of the European Championships, the Germans won four gold, three silver and one bronze.
Maja Ascag, 19, came out straight in the women’s triple jump.
The last time she competed, she took SM gold ahead of Khaddi Sagnia.
Then you can go.
