Götzis 2016: Fastest time ever run in the 100m (0)
There was a lot of rain last night, but the new day started with a sunny morning and that made me happy. My prognosis for this weekend is Warner, Mayer and Kazmirek, each with a personal record. That’s my idea in the morning. Damians coach already said that his pupil wants to break the 100 meter stadium record and maybe stronger than that! At the end of the sixth race of that 100, I understood what he meant with that. Everyone was in awe when he ran 10.15. Ashton Eaton is not the fastest decathlon runner anymore. I think I even saw some drops of sweat on the forehead of the organizers who didn’t took an extra insurance against the world record.
But already the second event was disturbing a dream.
The long jump started as bad as possible for Damian Warner, stepping on the board for his first jump. The next one was a safety jump: 7m12! He tried the full amount on his third. Stepping on the board he jumped in my perception about 8 meters . Aawch that hurts. The organizers? Did I saw signs of relieve among them? Just joking guys.
Meanwhile there was very good running and jumping.
100 m
Felipe dos Santos 10.50
Kai Kazmirek 10.62
Yordani Garcia 10.65
Garrett Scantling 10.66
Rico Freimuth 10.71
Long Jump
Ashley Bryant: 758
Arthur Abele: 757
Jorge Urena: 747
Felipe dos Santos: 746
Kai Kazmirek: 745
So who was leading after the second event? Believe it or not, Damian Warner was leading with one point: 1901 to 1900 from dos Santos. Two potential medal contenders, Rico Freimuth and Jan Felix Knobel had no match in the Long Jump, what meant that Arthur Abele and Kai Kazmirek from the German team where staying. … But not for long! Arthur abele, Bastien Auzeil and Yordani Garcia out in the shot put. Warner stays in the lead after throwing a decathlon best of 14m64. Warner 2669, Kazmirek 2600 (14.05), dos Santos 2584 (13.27), Kevin Mayer 2572 (15.22), Scantling 2565 (15.62). Jeremy Taiwo 2551 (14.84). Between number 2 and 11 less than a hundred points!
Shot put
Garrett Scantling: 15.62
Kevin Mayer: 15.22
Jan Felix Knobel: 14.89
Jeremy Taiwo: 14.84
Pieter Braun: 14.75
Damian Warner: 14.64
The high jump provided a new leader because Jeremy Taiwo jumped 18 cm higher than Damian Warner. Taiwo 3524, Warner 3472, Kazmirek 3459, Mayer 3375, Scantling 3368, Sykora 3348.
High Jump
Jeremy Taiwo: 218 203°/206°/209 xx°/212°/215°/218 x°/221 -/224 xxx
Kai Kazmirek: 206
Jorge Urena: 203
Janek Õiglane: 203
Damian Warner: 200
Kevin Mayer: 200
Garrett Scantling: 200
Pawel Wiesiolek: 200
Niels Pittomvils: 200
Pieter Braun: 200
Jeremy (PB 225) tried to break the stadium record. Once he flew over 218, he decided to try 224. Christian Schenk sailed to a stadium record of 223 in 1990.
Up to the 400 m and the expectation is that two strong 400m runners like Kai Kazmirek and Damian Warner can push each other to strong results. Kazmirek 47.01 and Warner 47.13. The only two athletes to dive under the 48.47 from Dominik Distelberger. Take note that young Jiri Sykora (CZE) is ranking 4th! The wind played an important influence today, especially in the jumps for men as well as for women.
At the end of the day Damian takes the lead again:
4424 Warner
4417 Kazmirek
4373 Taiwo
4211 Sykora
4186 Mayer
4178 dos Santos
4171 Braun
4165 Scantling
Chris Vlamynck for Decathlon 2000