That put him on level terms with Juan Miguel Echevarria’s third round effort but the Greek triumphed as his next best jump (8.15) was better than the Cuban’s (8.09). Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou, this season’s world leader with 8.60m, took the men’s long jump title with a last-round effort of 8.41m. It was her first run over that distance this year. Amit Elor became the youngest American wrestler to win a Senior World title last month after winning gold at the 2022 Senior World Championships in Belgrade as Team USA finished second overall.
Her sixth place equalled Krishna Poonia’s sixth place at the 2012 Olympics, the best by an Indian discus thrower.ĭutee Chand (PB: 23s, 2018 Asiad silver) finished last in her heat, and 38th overall, in the women’s 200m in 23.85s.
USA - Olympic Champion Gold Medal 2008 Annie Hess, Concordia U. Karl Gustaf Staaf, a gold medalist in the tug of war, was third with 38.80 m (8 m handicap) 11 12 The handicap event returned at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
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The 25-year-old Punjab athlete’s other two legal throws were 61.62 and 61.37. Mac Wilkins, Olympic Gold Medal Discus Thrower. Gyula Strausz, 13th in the main discus, was runner-up with 39.49 m off a 6.3 m handicap. Kamalpreet’s national record 66.59m, which came in the Indian GP in June, would have fetched her the bronze. Indian hearts were wildly dancing too but in the end, Kamalpreet Kaur - who had raised hopes of bringing the country’s first-ever medal in athletics - finished sixth with a third-round 63.70m on a rainy night which left the throwing circle slippery midway through and the throwers were given a short break. She attempted the sprints and high jump and came to discus throw by accident, trying the event with an eye on the throwers’ annual spaghetti dinner.Īllman danced her way to the discus throw gold with an opening-round effort of 68.98m that left the others fighting for minor medals at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Valarie Allman, of the United States, poses after winning the gold medal in the women's discus throw final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. Impressed with her height and coordination, her high school coach advised her to take up athletics. As a little girl, American Valarie Allman was a very good dancer and excelled in ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary dance.
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