Roma 2024, Day 2 , Nafi Thiam wins Hep, Ditaji Kambundji takes 100m hurdles, and Crazy long jumper defends his 100m title!
Day 2 in Rome was spectacular!
In the 20k Men’s Race walk, Perseus Karlstrom, SWE, a giant of a man, takes the 20k RW gold in 1:19.13. Paul McGrath, representing Spain, takes the silver in 1:19.31, with Francesco Fortunato, ITA, giving Italy another medal in 1:19.54. This was Karlstroms’ first gold medal in the Europeans.
The Men’s long jump has an incredible cast of characters in Europe. In the first round, Miltiadis Tentoglou, the Greek long jump god, opened at 8.42m, and Mattia Furlani, ITA, jumped 8.38m! An WU20R! Furlani had the crowd on fire. Simon Ehammer, Swiss decathlete and long jumper, long jumped here, went 8.38m. The Greek long jump deity was not done. Miltiadis went 8.42m, then 8.49m, 8.45m, then 8.65m, and again 8.65m! Tentoglou set a Championship record, but not the Greek one (8.66m!). Miltiadis told the media that his coach encouraged him to go for it, “just a bit more,” but Miltiadis was exhausted!
In the Men’s shot put, Leonardo Fabbri, ITA, has been shaking up the shot put world all season with 22.93m and 22.95m, and in Rome, they are no exception. In front of 20,000 loud Italian fans, Leonardo took the lead in attempt 2, 22.12m, and then, in attempt 5, went out to 22.42m, setting a CR, breaking the record of one Werner Gunthor (1986-22.22m). Filip Mihaljevic, a seasoned competitor, CRO, took silver in 21.10m, and Michat Haratyk, POL, took bronze in 20.94m.
In the women’s discus, Sandra Elkasevic took her seventh title with a throw of SB 67.04m. Don’t recognize the name? Well, do you remember Sandra Perkovic? Sandra is married now, and this is her seventh title in the discus! Jorinde Van Klinken, NED, won her second medal of #Roma2024, taking silver with her throw of SB 65.99m. Portugal’s Liliana Ca threw 64.53m for the bronze!
Nafissatou Thiam, World and Olympic champion, had not competed in the heptathlon in over a year. What would she do? Well, Nafi Thiam, BEL, set a championship record of 6848! France’s…
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