Polish news 2021

[Powell]

NC, Poznań, day 2
mHT
1 Paweł Fajdek 82.82
2 Wojciech Nowicki 80.86 SB
w400
1 Natalia Kaczmarek 50.72 PB Polish no. 4 all-time
2 Justyna Święty-Ersetic 51.52
3 Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik 51.77
4 Iga Baumgart-Witan 52.17
5 Anna Kiełbasińska 52.20
mPV
1 Piotr Lisek 5.80 SB
2 Robert Sobera 5.70 =SB
3 Paweł Wojciechowski 5.70 SB
mDT
1 Piotr Małachowski 64.67 SB (13th national title)
2 Bartłomiej Stój 63.56
3 Robert Urbanek 62.33
wHJ
1 Kamila Lićwinko 1.92 (3 failures at 1.96)
mHJ
1 Norbert Kobielski 2.26 SB (had a close attempt at 2.30)
2 Mateusz Kołodziejski (2002) 2.23 PB
m400
1 Kajetan Duszyński 45.96
2 Mateusz Rzeźniczak 46.10 PB
3 Karol Zalewski 46.12
w400H
1 Joanna Linkiewicz 56.32 SB
m10000RW
1 Łukasz Niedziałek 39:32.52 PB

[Powell]

Expected highlights of day 3:
wHT: Kopron, Włodarczyk, Fiodorow, Furmanek
m800: Dobek, Borkowski (Kszczot withdrew from the heats today)
w100H: Skrzyszowska, Siciarz
w800: Cichocka, Jóźwik, Sarna
m110H: Czykier

The combined events NC are also starting tomorrow in Warsaw, with Adrianna Sułek and Paweł Wiesiołek going for Olympic qualifying spots

[TWalsh]

Thanks, Powell! I really didn't want to add another name to my long list of medal contenders for the men's discus. But today, I had to add Malachowski to my list because I believe he might now be capable of throwing 66+ meters this year at the Olympic Games! He does very well in Championship Meets and you just can't count him out!

[Powell]

Actually, it's been a while since Małachowski last did well in a major. I wish him well, but I think a top 8 placing in Tokyo would be a very good showing.

[Powell]

NC, Poznań, final day
wHT
1 Malwina Kopron 75.42 SB
2 Anita Włodarczyk 74.06 SB
3 Joanna Fiodorow 72.31
4 Katarzyna Furmanek 69.73
w100H (+1.7)
1 Pia Skrzyszowska 12.85
2 Klaudia Siciarz 12.92
m110H (+0.9)
1 Damian Czykier 13.37 SB
w800
1 Angelika Sarna 2:00.28
2 Anna Wielgosz 2:00.57 SB
3 Joanna Jóźwik 2:00.73 SB
4 Angelika Cichocka 2:02.24
mLJ
1 Tomasz Kuch 8.05 (+1.4) PB
m800
1 Patryk Dobek 1:48.21
2 Mateusz Borkowski 1:49.10

In the multis NC, both Polish Olympic hopefuls started out very well. Paweł Wiesiołek, who needs a fairly small PB to qualify, is on course for a big one and possibly even the big Q, with 4338 after day 1 (10.74 =PB - 7.68 PB - 14.87 - 1.96 - 48.40 PB). Adrianna Sułek, needing to get close to her Gotzis score, is up 7 points on it with 3802 (13.59 - 1.86 =PB - 12.87 - 23.88 PB). The weather forecast for tomorrow is looking good, so with no major mishaps both should make it.

[Powell]

NC combined events, Warsaw
mDec
1 Paweł Wiesiołek 8333 (10.74 =PB - 7.68 PB - 14.87 - 1.96 - 48.40 PB - 14.60 - 41.70 - 5.00 - 59.40 - 4:27.92 PB) PB no. 2 Polish all-time
wHep
1 Adrianna Sułek 6240 (13.59 - 1.86 =PB - 12.87 - 23.88 PB - 5.94 - 39.78 - 2:11.43)
2 Paulina Ligarska 6028 PB Polish no. 10 Polish all-time
3 Julia Słocka 5889 PB (20-year old, improved by over 700 points this year)
Great day for Wiesiołek. He was in real trouble after the DT, where he performed well below expectations (over 4.5 meters below his Gotzis mark from this year), but he fought on, exceeded expectations in the last 2 events, improved his PB by 129 points close to his 30th birthday and pretty much ensured himself a place in Tokyo. Sułek was on course to do the same until the LJ, where she was way below her normal level (jumped 35 cm less than in Gotzis, losing over 100 points there), but it now looks like she will marginally miss the OG, unless there are a couple of withdrawals.

Leverkusen
m4x400
2 Poland 3:02.35
Despite losing to the Germans, it looks like they booked themselves a ticket to Tokyo, now standing 3rd out of 4 time qualifying spots
m100 (+1.8)
4 Dominik Kopeć 10.34

Białogard
m400
Krzysztof Różnicki (2003) 47.11 PB

[Powell]

I forgot to mention Anastasia Mokhnyuk of Ukraine finished second in the heptathlon, just behind Sułek, with 6230. There were some international participants in these NCs, although Mokhnyuk was the only one whose score was of international significance.

[Powell]

Adam Kszczot announced he's not going to Tokyo due to lack of form. It looks like Poland will have just 2 representatives in the m800. Lewandowski has been talking about doubling, but I think he is going to stick to the 1500 only.

[Powell]

Aleksandrów Łódzki
mDT
Robert Urbanek 65.44 SB

[Powell]

The Szewińska Memorial in Bydgoszcz today is looking interesting, although the expected showdown between Rudy Winkler and the Polish HTers is off after Winkler cancelled his pre-Olympic European tour. The start lists are at: http://szewinska.domtel-sport.pl/?se...6-30&impreza=6

In other news, Karolina Kołeczek officially confirmed she's not going to Tokyo due to health problems, which barred her from competing all year.

[Powell]

Anita Włodarczyk is back!!!
wHT results from Bydgoszcz
1 Anita Włodarczyk 77.93 (75.83-77.93-76.14-76.21-75.18-76.23) SB, 3rd on the world list
2 Malwina Kopron 75.41
3 Alexandra Tavernier FRA 73.87
4 Hanna Skydan AZE 73.25
5 Lauren Bruce NZL 72.25
6 Joanna Fiodorow 71.77
7 Katarzyna Furmanek 70.83

[Powell]

w400
1 Christine Mboma 48.54 WU20R WL no. 7 all-time
2 Justyna Święty-Ersetic 51.91
3 Catia Azevedo POR 52.03
4 Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik 52.07
mHT
1 Paweł Fajdek 82.77
2 Wojciech Nowicki 80.00
3 Myhaylo Kokhan UKR 79.96 PB
4 Valeriy Pronkin ANA 75.99
mPV
1 Chris Nilsen USA 5.92
2 Ernest Obiena PHI 5.85 NR
3 Piotr Lisek 5.82 SB
4 Thiago Braz BRA 5.82
5 Dominik Alberto SUI 5.65
=6 Robert Sobera 5.50
8 Paweł Wojciechowski 5.50
mSP
1 Tom Walsh NZL 21.46
2 Armin Sinancevic SRB 21.16
3 Chuk Enekwechi NGR 21.11
4 Josh Awotunde USA 21.07
5 Kyle Blignaut RSA 20.91
6 Michał Haratyk 20.42
w800
1 Worknesh Mesele ETH 1:59.39
2 Diribe Welteji ETH 1:59.46
3 Eglay Nalyanya KEN 2:00.50
4 Anna Wielgosz 2:02.05
w1500
1 Tigist Ketema ETH 4:03.90
2 Rababe Arafi MAR 4:05.97
3 Mercy Cherono KEN 4:08.26
m800
1 Cornelius Tuwei KEN 1:45.76
2 Jamie Webb GBR 1:46.04
5 Adam Kszczot 1:47.97
m3000SC
1 Abraham Sime ETH 8:21.41
2 Albert Chemutai KEN 8:23.65
m110H (-1.1)
1 Orlando Ortega ESP 13.33
2 Damian Czykier 13.60
w100H (-2.3)
1 Elvira Herman BLR 13.15
2 Klaudia Siciarz 13.28 (ht 13.24 -1.3)
m100 (-1.8)
1 Gift Leotlela RSA 10.24
2 Jerome Blake CAN 10.28
3 Mike Rodgers USA 10.33
w100 (-1.9)
1 Michelle-Lee Ahye TRI 11.33

[Powell]

Oslo DL
m1500
2 Marcin Lewandowski 3:49.11 NR (beats his own mark from 2019 by over 3 seconds)
wJT
2 Maria Andrejczyk 62.67 (actually the longest throw of the competition, but lost the 6th round)

[TWalsh]

Oslo DL
m1500
2 Marcin Lewandowski 3:49.11 NR (beats his own mark from 2019 by over 3 seconds)
wJT
2 Maria Andrejczyk 62.67 (actually the longest throw of the competition, but lost the 6th round)

I'm not sure if Andrejczyk was using a short approach, or if that was her full approach!

[gh]

Oslo DL
m1500
...
wJT
2 Maria Andrejczyk 62.67 (actually the longest throw of the competition, but lost the 6th round)

when the T&FN Rankings get calculated, you can be sure it'll go down as a win