[Trash Boat]

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
Women day two – AM session
Women day one – PM session
Women day one – AM session
Men day two – PM session
Men day two – AM session
Men day one – PM session
Men day one – AM session

[cpbell0033944]

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

[Trash Boat]

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  😉

[cpbell0033944]

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

[Trash Boat]

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.

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