Amaz0ns Forum

Forgot to post this here earlier, but most of the finals are still to come. I'm sorry but I have no idea what kind of TV-coverage this has in the USA, so this post is most for the Europeans here. If somebody knows more about that, please share the information. Or you can try to watch it with for example this webstream:  http://www.atdhe.net/live-tv-4519.html

Timetable Sun 8 March 2009
Morning Session
09:15    Heptathlon    60m Hurdles Men
10:30    Heptathlon    Pole Vault Men
15:15    Triple Jump Women    Final
15:20    Shot Put Men    Final
15:25    Pole Vault Men    Final
15:40    High Jump Women    Final
15:45    Heptathlon    1000m Men
16:00    800m Women    Final
16:15    800m Men    Final
16:30    3000m Women    Final
16:45    Long Jump Men    Final
16:50    1500m Men    Final
17:05    60m Women    Final
17:20    60m Men    Final
17:35    4x400m Relay Women    Final
17:55    4x400m Relay Men    Final

Summaries from the previos days:
Women day two – PM session (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49660.html/)
Women day two – AM session (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49641.html/)
Women day one – PM session (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49626.html/)
Women day one – AM session (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49604.html/)
Men day two – PM session (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49653.html/)
Men day two – AM session (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49643.html/)
Men day one – PM session (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49627.html/)
Men day one – AM session (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49601.html/)

We have BBC coverage on right now.  I love track and field. 8)

Well I guess not much to tell about in the spirit of this board, since there were not much throwing events; shot put is the only official indoor throw event.

Well it seems that new shot putter generation is coming from Germany when Petra Lammert and Denise Hinrichs took first and second position. Especially Denise is something to keep in mind, since she is only 21 years old and bested her record a lot on friday.    

The Germans seem to have different kind of approach in training, because I don't remember seeing really bulky German thrower ever. Kumbernuss and Kleinert were tall, but relatively slim athletes, and Lammert and Hinrichs seem to keep up with that trend. Well, suits them nicely and you can't flex fat  ;)

(http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/sp/p5/20090306/18/1186164916.jpg)


Women Day Three (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49681.html/)
Men Day Three (http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49680.html men/)

I think that, for a technical throwing event like the shot, the long levers help. 8)

Yes it helps, there's no doubt about it, but both of these German are ~180 cm tall, which I guess is quite close to an average height of an international 19+ level shot putter. Belarussians Mikhnevich and Ostapchuk are about the same height, but they weight a lot more and not to mention Valerie Vili, vho is in a league of her own.

 But as I said, I'd like to see a lot more slim throwers like these Germans, but I guess it's fact, that it is easier to train strength requiring events while you're bulking. Quiker Recovery and better results.

Vita Pavlysh is the shortest shotter I remember, but we already talked about her in a different topic, and there's no doubts how she compensated her short frame.

One thing what has wondered me in women shot, is the absense of spinning throwers. In men they seem to be majority, but in women it is rare to see somenone using discus technique. Why is that, I have no idea.