Gold nominee Emma Sarala maintained the preferred pressure. With 56.15 meters on the fourth throw, she took the disc gold at the JVM in Columbia.
– It’s really great to be able to play when you need it most, says captain of the national team Mikael Wenwolf.
The Swedish JVM’s medal success in athletics continues. After taking the silver and bronze yesterday in the decathlon on the men’s side, Emma Sarala now also takes home a yellow-blue gold.
Emma Sarala was the early favorite for gold as she scored 56.38 best in the world in Texas in April. And the 18-year-old Swede didn’t have big concerns about securing gold either in Cali i Colombia Overnight until Thursday Swedish time.
The first throw per se was not approved, but the second throw came to 54.94, which would have sufficed for gold. But Sarala had a lot more than that and reached 56.15 on the fourth throw.
– She came as the favorite and the person who threw the tallest in the world this year. Doing a throw that’s almost as often as needed, says Mikael Wennolf for TT, indicates that we’re dealing with a hugely competitive person.
“Be superior”
The silver medalist was taken by Greece’s Despoena Areti Filipedou at 54.48, followed by South Africa’s Maine de Klerk at 53.54.
Emma was superior, with two longest throws, but she was way behind her. There were two other girls who had the ability to throw away, says Weinwolf.
How did she react to the victory?
– She was incredibly happy and lunged and lunged and chirped and jingled. There’s nothing wrong with when Emma is happy, and now she’s super happy when she’s the Junior World Champion.
As he turns 17 (turns 18 in September), Sralla could compete next year in the category known as the U20.
— which makes it even more impressive, because it’s a branch that requires experience, technique, and a lot of muscle and flexibility, says Weinwolf.
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After Jacob Thelander’s silver and Elliot Duffert’s bronze in the men’s decathlon Wednesday night, Sweden I collected three medals so far. Although the JVM is largely aimed at gathering experience and learning, the blue and yellow successes clearly say something about the future of Swedish athletics.
Yes, but sure, we have a bunch of real gold nuggets. So things are looking bright for Swedish athletics, he says.
Just after midnight, on Friday night, Hannah Carlson runs the 400m hurdles final. She had the second best time in the semi-finals, with a personal best score of 57.34.
And already at 18:00 on Thursday, the final match with Sarah Weinberg begins.