2021 Euro Indoor Champs

[Powell]

Come on Atticus. That's not going out on a limb.

Shot (M, W), 60M (M, W), HJ(M), PV(W), LJ(M), 40,(M)

Now, that would be going out on a limb. 😂😂

I'll go with Haratyk and Swoboda for gold

[Atticus]

40,(M)

I'm pushing in all my chips on Jackson . . . Bo Jackson (in pads!).

[tandfman]

A number of athletes have reportedly withdrawn because of injuries and (in some cases) for other reasons. They include:

Ivana Spanovic (wLJ), Andriy Protsenko (mHJ), Ciara Mageean (w1500), Sondre Guttormsen (mPV), Petr Svoboda, Michael Obasuyi and Valdo Szucs (m60H), Radek Juska (mLJ), Marc Scott (m3000)

[Powell]

OK, Spanovic and Protsenko were medal contenders, but the other ones not so much. These EIC are still going to be pretty good.

[gm]

One of the best things about this EIC is that it will be well-run. Poland does a great job with these events.

[Atticus]

OK, Spanovic and Protsenko were medal contenders, but the other ones not so much. These EIC are still going to be pretty good.

I only had Prot on my 3-deep cheat-sheet (as 3rd). None of the others. I guess I'll replace him with . . . Przy, after Tamb and Ned.

[Bruce Kritzler]

Wightman's only race this winter was the New York 1500..

Jake just won a 5mi road race (Ortega River Run, Jacksonville, FL) in 24:19 this past weekend.

[Trickstat]

Jake just won a 5mi road race (Ortega River Run, Jacksonville, FL) in 24:19 this past weekend.

Well, only indoor race then. I'm not sure if the last weekend in February in Florida counts as winter!

[Atticus]

Well, only indoor race then. I'm not sure if the last weekend in February in Florida counts as winter!

Well, it's OUR winter, but yeah, it was in the 80s here over the weekend.

[Powell]

Konrad Bukowiecki is out, after breaking a toe. Ewa Swoboda tested positive for covid today, so it looks like she'll be out, too, unless the retest gives a different result.

[Atticus]

From the huge stats manual issued

European Athletics Indoor Championships Records

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Men
60m 6.42 CHAMBERS 2009
400m 45.05 WARHOLM 2019..........hey, why is he not here this time?
800m 1:44.78 CZAPIEWSKI 2002
1500m 3:36.70 HESHKO 2005 ....... J Inge breaks?
3000m 7:38.42 KAYA 2015..............ditto?
60mH 7.39 JACKSON 1994
High Jump 2.40 HOLM 2005
Pole Vault 6.04 LAVILLENIE 2015 .. Mondo OR RLaV
Long Jump 8.71 BAYER 2009
Triple Jump 17.92 TAMGHO 2011.... another biggie by Zhango?
Shot Put 22.19 TIMMERMANN 1987
Heptathlon 6479 MAYER 2017--------ready to break it again?
4x400m 3:02.87 Belgium 2015

Women
60m 7.00 COOMAN 1986
400m 49.59 KRATOCHVILOVA 1982
800m 1:55.82 ČEPLAK MAR 2002
1500m 4:02.39 MUIR 2017
3000m 8:30.61 MUIR 2019
60mH 7.74 NAROZHILENKO 1990
High Jump 2.05 HELLEBAUT 2007............Mahuch?
Pole Vault 4.90 ISINBAYEVA 2005
Long Jump 7.30 DRECHSLER 1988
Triple Jump 15.16 HANSEN 1998
Shot Put 21.46 FIBINGEROVA 1977
Pentathlon 5000 KJT 2015
4x400m 3:27.56 Great Britain 2013. .........Ned close?

[Powell]

Swoboda had a second +, so she's now definitely out :-/ Which leaves the Polish team with just one out of the two clear favorites (the other one being Michał Haratyk).

[gh]

e-mail from a friend of a friend of a friend

<<.., they’re already running into problems with officials COVID-positived out of working.>>

[Conor Dary]

Not surprising hardly anyone in Europe is vaccinated...

[Conor Dary]

Also....

Poland


41% of peak and rising

195 infections per 100K people reported last 7 days

Poland reports highest number of new infections since November


COVID-19 infections are increasing in Poland, with 10,613 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 41% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on November 10.

https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/countries-and-territories/poland/