Eugene. Daniel Stahl was scheduled to train via a text message from coach Westin Hefsteinson, who was watching TV at home in Vakshaw.
But his text message never arrived.
No, when the competition was over, I found that my mobile phone had lost connection to the wifi, says assistant coach Åke Ruus.
Tram leader Åke Ruus stepped in to help coach Daniel Ståhl and Simon Pettersson here at WC.
Something he’s done in several Diamond League competitions before, when Festin Hafsteinson couldn’t be in his place.
Recently at team-SM in Uppsala, he put up a new year’s best with a score of 71.47.
It is still the second longest throw in the world this year.
But Åke never noticed that the wifi connection was cut off during the competition.
When Sportbladet meets him right after the competition, he stands and looks at the text messages he never received.
– Yes, there were some opinions he had during the competition, but there were no major things, says Aki.
– I explained the situation and received a final answer from Festin.
“Thanks for the help. It’s over and a bit of a shame, but we kept going,” read the Icelandic coach’s last text message of the evening.
Do you think this is something you missed?
– No, I don’t think it was something important that we lost. No it was not.
Super throw on heating
Otherwise, hope was high after Daniel’s third warm-up throw landed a little over 70 meters.
– Yes, he was 70.50 and stayed in the ring. But unfortunately he could not maintain this feeling in the competition.
Åke Ruus then thinks Daniel has recovered a bit after failing at 69.16 due to stomping in the third round.
A throw that was first approved by a ring judge.
Yes, it’s always a bit boring when the judge isn’t allowed to judge, but I’ve been in contact with Kajsa who has come down to the video room. And from the angle of the camera, it can be seen that the foot is at the edge of the loop. But she wasn’t with much.
– But Daniel recovered a little later.
– But the goal before the competition was to throw farther than any championship final before. And if his 69.16 had been approved, he would have been as close as possible. He was only 69.19 at the World Cup in London 2017 the tallest.