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Ivona Dadic missed the planned precious metal at the European Indoor Championships in Torun (Poland)!
The 27-year-old Austrian finished fourth in the pentathlon like two years ago. There were 57 points left for bronze. Favorite and Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam won gold in the first major event since the start of the crown pandemic. The Belgian beat her compatriot Noor Vidts and the Hungarian Xenia Krizsan.
At 4,587 points, Dadic remained below his personal best goal of 4,767. The Austrian athlete of the year 2020 had the opportunity to get her third precious metal in the hall until the final 800m race after silver at the 2018 World Championships in Birmingham and silver at the European Championships in Belgrade 2017. Thiam also triumphed in Serbia, now with 4,904 points. and he celebrated his second European Indoor Championship title quite safely.
Shot put costs a medal
“Today I was far from being able to show what I can,” Dadic said after his first international competition after the injury at the Doha 2019 World Cup. “So far, I’m not really sure what happened in the morning. The afternoon was pretty good. “. Above all, he fought with the shot put, which worked well this year. “I spoiled my medal with the shot put.”
Dadic started in 8.38 seconds as the second fastest in the 60m hurdles and the second fastest time of his career, but showed problems in the high jump with 1.77m (ninth place) from the start. The shot put (13.67m / 6th) did not work out as expected for the world’s best from the previous year. After three competitions, the Union St. Pölten athlete was fifth, already 127 points off her own goals.
800m take the decision to bronze
Because the Welserin had announced his personal record in advance for a medal. The long jump took her 6.30 m (3rd) to 15 bronze points. In the last 800m, however, the Hungarian rivals played their strengths on the track in a duel with Dadic. Dadic had to pay tribute to the high starting pace, Krizsan celebrated bronze and a new personal best.
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“I got into the general competition well, the hurdles race was very good. Unfortunately, I didn’t continue well then,” Dadic said after the morning. She reported running problems in the high jump, the distance to the crossbar did not fit. “I can only explain it to myself with the training sessions missed due to the back injury, because usually it always works for me, only today it didn’t work at all.
Preiner not at the beginning
Austria’s second star, Verena Preiner, had skipped the European Championship due to thigh problems, she didn’t want to take any chances regarding her Olympic preparation. Susanne Walli retired over 400m in the lead. As fourth in her series, or 27th overall, the Linz woman clearly missed progress to the semi-finals despite her personal best of 53.41 seconds. “The joy of the good weather outweighs the disappointment of not having reached the semifinals,” Walli said.
The remaining five Austrian representatives: Magdalena Lindner and Markus Fuchs (60m speed), Beate Schrott and Karin Strametz (60m hurdles) and Andreas Vojta (3,000m) will be in action for the first time on Saturday.
Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie retired as a starter after a calf injury. The old French master had wanted to challenge world record holder Armand Duplantis in Torun. “I don’t want to make the injury worse and jeopardize my participation in the Summer Olympics,” said the 34-year-old.
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