Daniel Stahl has clearly competed before the Olympics.
The disc giant finished 66.75 meters in Karlstad.
– Of course I would have liked a little more, but I’m not a bit worried, says the golden bird.
Daniel Stoll A reigning Olympic champion and World Cup gold medalist, he threw the world’s longest run this year, 71.47 metres.
However, the Swedish discus giant is not an obvious favorite when he comes to the World Cup in Eugene, USA.
Slovenian shooting star Christian C, 23, has hit 5-1 in crosshairs this season and has maintained a higher, more balanced level than Ståhl, with five of his ten longest throws in 2022.
– This is the first time. I don’t feel any pressure at all. “It’s really fun,” says the 29-year-old of the stiff competition.
In the last competition before the World Cup, where the qualifiers will be decided in two weeks, Ståhl’s score was 66.75 in a spinning wind at Karlstad.
– A good kind representative. I’m on my way and I feel good in my body. The timing is a bit inappropriate. Now I’ll wear technology on a brikamp. Then the lengths come, says Stoll.
Next year, the Karlstad GP competition will be decided on the newly built Sola Arena, a pair of world records in the North. Tingvalla IP, which opened in 1919, will be demolished.
– It feels a little special. Daniel Stahl says it’s a legendary arena.
“Very good”
Simon Pettersson, who took the silver medal at the Olympics behind Ståhl in Tokyo last year, hasn’t found the right lead this season.
He made a best of 65.94 and had 15 throws in the annual bests list.
The result in Karlstad was 63.33.
– I would like to get to the level two meters so that he is really satisfied. I did three training sessions before the Bauhaus Gala (Diamond League in Stockholm) and it was very good. Peterson says he’s not far from that.
Pitcher Fanny Roos, a WC four at home earlier this year and a member of the same coaching group as Ståhl and Pettersson, also has a slightly higher profile.
She had to stabilize for 18.59 meters on Sunday.
I don’t get any pressure in the shocks, they are very slow. It should be great with ten days of training, she says.
“stupid to start”
Javelin thrower Kim Amp secured his World Cup ticket in Stockholm on Thursday. It took, both physically and mentally. In Karlstad, the longest throw fell at a modest 75.92 metres.
– It was a little bad with powder, a little lame in the legs. He says it becomes an exit when you score and get a ticket to the World Cup.
Amp hopes to do what he usually does when he reaches the World Cup, and qualify for the final.
– I haven’t missed yet and it would be foolish to start now, he says.
Ragnar Carlson, who set a personal record with 77.00 meters this year, was forced to 71.17 in the rain at Tingvala.
I got wet, cold and had a bad flow, but I’m optimistic ahead of the World Cup. If I could only train in the heat, the form would probably come. “I hope to go into the final,” says the 22-year-old.