Adam Kszczot 800M Dessau

[cubop]

Any Polish fans out there who can tell us about this 19 year old?

Beat a pretty good Kenyan (Kivuna) yesterday in Dessau...I know he was in the Euro Indoor finals...didn't medal.

Along with Marcin Lewandowski and hopefully an in shape Czapiewski, Poland should have a pretty good trio at the Worlds.

I think his last name is pronounced SHOT.

[jlt]

Can't give you much background but saw him run in Turin and was impressed as soon as I saw him in the heats. Has great turnover; a lot of potential. To be honest I'm more impressed with him than Lewandowski (who improved to 1:45.03 in Hengelo on the weekend).

[Marlow]

Re: Adam Kszczot 800M Dessau

I think his last name is pronounced SHOT.

That can't be correct. There aren't enough consonants at the beginning. It's probably just 'ah'.

[Powell]

He just mıssed a medal at last year's World Junıors, after wınnıng a bronze ın the Euro Junıors a year earlıer. Last weekend (just 3 days before the Dessau race) he ran 47.00 ın faırly poor condıtıons ın the Polısh clubs champıonshıps, so ıt dıd look lıke he was ready to run a fast 2-lapper.

And hıs name ıs pronounced just the way ıt's wrıtten :P ı.e. K-sh-chot, but of course you can't say ıt properly unless you're Polısh :wink:

[LopenUupunut]

And hıs name ıs pronounced just the way ıt's wrıtten :P ı.e. K-sh-chot, but of course you can't say ıt properly unless you're Polısh :wink:

Only one syllable?

Reminds me of World Chess Champion during the 30ies, Max Euwe of the Netherlands - English speakers mispronounce his surname in a couple dozen different ways, but no matter what you try they never get it right. Eventually, some give up and call him "Max" - and mispronounce that, too.

Afraid that could happen here...

[andyjgt]

Powell, are you in Turkey? You're using a Turkish keyboard anyway!

[Powell]

Only one syllable?

Yup, just one syllable wıth a lot of consonants.

[Powell]

Powell, are you in Turkey? You're using a Turkish keyboard anyway!

Is there anythıng wrong wıth that? :P

[gh]

ah yes, the undotted i, like in the hurdler Nevin Yanıt

(it's pronounced sort of like uh)

[andyjgt]

Powell, are you in Turkey? You're using a Turkish keyboard anyway!

Is there anythıng wrong wıth that? :P

Not a thing wrong Powell, just asking!

[Powell]

ah yes, the undotted i, like in the hurdler Nevin Yanıt

(it's pronounced sort of like uh)

More or less. Of course Turkısh keyboards have the regular dotted i as well, but ıt's ın the wrong place, so I can't be bothered to use ıt - ıt slows down my typıng too much :P

[Powell]

Back to the topıc, Kszczot wıll be runnıng the 800 at the Kusocınskı Memorıal thıs Sunday, facıng Reuben Bett (sub 1:45 thıs year, but only thırd ın Dessau, nearly 1.5 secs behınd Adam), Marcın Lewandowskı and Pawel Czapıewskı.

[Powell]

Kszczot won a 600m race yesterday in Lahti in 1:14.55, just 0.14 off the Andrea Longo's European best. He finished exactly 1 second ahead of Dmitrijs Milkevics.

[cubop]

Mr. Powell....

Do you have a link to the Lahti results?

That kid is hot.....I dont know if he messed up tactically at the Euro Cup where he was 9th.. and that's not a bad run for Milkevics either.

[cacique]

Only one syllable?

Yup, just one syllable wıth a lot of consonants.

just like bob ctvrtlik.

i was watching the paris meeting today on US, and dwight was mispronouncing every name possible (like lavillenie, which he reduced to 2 syllables), then the clincher was when he said that sanya was going for the stadium record held by "marita cook."