Hypo Meeting Götzis 2009

Mikk Pahapill will not compete in Götzis, his first decathlon take place in Ratingen!

there was an article on iaaf.org in April saying Pahapill would compete - but probably your information is a little more up to date. pity actually

on his website Romain Barras also announced to participate in Götzis - but now they're saying he's injure, so maybe he won't be able to make it.

I've read the article about Pahapill too, but Janek should be the expert for the Estonians


Unfortunately Arthur Abele cannot compete in Götzis, but 4 out 5 who can make the team (in my opinion) for Berlin will be there.


Ah, Arnold again after Desenzano as Schwarzl.


What about the Cubans? CAC-Champs the same weekend ...

Andre Niklaus could also not partictipate because he is also injured...

Abele and Niklaus out...

Aleksey Drozdov and Arkady Vasilyev ...

SCHWARZL Roland; AUT; 8102

GOURMET Francois; BEL; 7974

XHONNEUX Frederic; BEL; 8142

KRAUCHANKA Andrei; BLR; 8617

DIAZ Yunior; CUB; 8057

GARCIA Yordani; CUB; 8257

SEBRLE Roman; CZE; 9026

RAJA Andres; EST; 8118

BEHRENBRUCH Pascal; GER; 8242

MINAH Jacob; GER; 8099

MÜLLER Norman; GER; 8255

SCHRADER Michael; GER; 8248

SZABO Attila; HUN; 7526

FRULLANI William; ITA; 7984

BERNARD Claston; JAM; 8225

SMITH Maurice; JAM; 8644

MARTINEAU Eugene; NED; 8233

SINTNICOLAAS Eelco; NED; 7507

VOS Ingmar; NED; 7786

ULDAL Hans-0lav; NOR; 7963

COERTZEN Willem; RSA; 7907

DROZDOV Aleksey; RUS; 8475

KHARLAMOV Vasiliy; RUS; 7735

VASILYEV Arkady; RUS; 8179

WIBERG Nicklas; SWE; 8040

KASYANOV Oleksiy; UKR; 8238

ARNOLD Jake; USA; 8215

HARDEE Trey; USA; 8534

So Garcia and Diaz will be in Götzis.

Does Suarez start at the NACAC championships (where is the entry list?) or only in Ratingen?



Missing names: Suarez (?), Abele and Niklaus (injured), Karpov (?), Sysoyev (?), ...



Bryan Clay will not there as a spectator, he is preparing for Eugene (what I've read)



Here are my top 10:


1. Kravchenko

2. Hardee (if he don't "nh" in PV)

3. Smith

4. Sebrle (new PB in DT, maybe I should put him up)

5. Behrenbruch

6. Schrader

7. Drozdov

8. Martineau

9. Garcia

10. Müller


(11. Kasyanov)

(12. Raja)

(13. Arnold)


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My events winners:


100m: Hardee

LJ: Kravchenko

SP: Smith

HJ: Kravchenko

400m: Diaz (Hardee, Kravchenko)

110mH: Smith (Hardee)

DT: Smith

PV: Kravchenko/Hardee (see above )

JT: Wiberg

1500m: Xhonneux



For those who can watch ORF Sport Plus:

Tonight the will show the highlights from 2008 http://tv.orf.at/program/orfsportplus/20090527

(o.k. tonight ist Champions League night)

and on the weekend live coverage

http://tv.orf.at/program/orfsportplus/20090530



... and weather forecast for Vorarlberg:

http://wetter.vol.at

my top 3:

1. Hardee

2. Krauchanka

3. Kasyanov


but I'd love to be surprised by some German athletes


my event winners:

100m - Kasyanov

LJ - Krauchanka

Shot - Behrenbruch

HJ - Krauchanka

400m - Diaz

110mH - Hardee

Discus - Smith

PV - Arnold

Javelin - Wiberg

1500m - Wiberg


(sorry they look so much the same - but I didn't cheat )


does anybody know why Karpov isn't coming?

Roman is in the best form for the past 3 years.

He made the perfect training without injuries and illnesses and so I expect his victory


I think that he is able to make 3 PBs in SP, DT and PV (yes, in pole vault - let us surprise you )




Im affraid that the most difficult opponent will be the weather


Good luck !

Here is the startlist http://www.meeting-goetzis.at/index.php/?option=co...

Where is Kravchanka?

Weather forecast is o.k.

http://wetterstationen.meteomedia.de/messnetz/fore...


Good to hear that Sebrle is in good shape!


Kravchenko disappeared from the entry list on iaaf.org too


So it's gonna be close between Hardee, Sberle and Smith

But I don't expect the highest scores ...

Hallo,

und wo ist Roman Šebrle? Ich bin ueberzeugt, dass er alle ,Junggesellen´ besiegt.

I think, that Roman is gonna achieve 8500 pts. at least. He is in very good shape. He can still defeat the ,young boys´

This morning another surprise:


Where are the Cubans and the Belgians?


Anyway, good results in the beginning (e.g. Schrader 8.05m)



I saw this only tonight:

http://sport.orf.at/ticker/329572.html ---> livestream

Even if we had seen better results in Götzis - look at the result in LJ (in depth):


1 8 SCHRADER Michael GER 1.9 8.05

2 5 KASYANOV Oleksiy UKR 2.1 7.88

3 1 SEBRLE Roman CZE -0.1 7.86

4 17 SINTNICOLAAS Eelco NED 3.5 7.76

5 3 HARDEE Trey USA 0.8 7.74

6 18 COERTZEN Willem RSA 0.6 7.58

7 23 SCHWARZL Roland AUT 1.0 7.55

8 16 VOS Ingmar NED -0.5 7.53

9 22 WIBERG Nicklas SWE 1.7 7.52

10 10 RAJA Andres EST 0.6 7.48

11 12 MINAH Jacob GER 1.5 7.45

12 14 FRULLANI William ITA 0.7 7.43

13 11 MÜLLER Norman GER 1.2 7.42

14 7 MARTINEAU Eugene NED 0.6 7.40


Where are the statisticians? Did we ever see more 7.40 jumpers?


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I've just entered some predictions after day 1 and here is my forecast:


Hardee: close to 8500

Sebrle: close to 8400

Kasyanov: mid-8300 (don't really know about his DT and JT)

Schrader: more than 8300 (almost secured his ticket for Berlin)

Wiberg: mid-8200

Müller mid-8200

Martineau mid-8200

Behrenbruch: around 8200

Raja: 8100

Arnold: close to 8100

Schwarzl: around 8000


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So, it was quite thrilling decathlon, thank you boys. I am looking forward to seeing Michael Schrader (amazing 8522!!, a new Hingsen or Busemann? It is high time) „live“ on stadium in Ratingen. I hope also that Roman Šebrle will be ready for Kladno, however, 8348 it is not bad, it is much better start than last year. Moreover, he was able to win (he lost 160pts in HJ).

Some guys have upset our plans concerning the Jessica's and my predictions! Kravchenko and Diaz not there, Smith 'xxx' in LJ...


So we have a tie (2:2)

But I have an alternative in parentheses in 110m hurdles, so she won

Indeed it was thrilling ... and again a nice weekend in Götzis, although some names were missing - looking forward to next year!


It looked like Garcia and Diaz were not allowed to travel to Götzis and they had to start in Havana instead.


Does anybody know why Kravchenko did not compete? Is he injured? And Karpov, Sysoyev, Pogorelov? Will some of them start in Kladno?

I didn't expect that kind of competition, especially after the entry list was reduced even further with Krauchanka the Cubans (really good result by Garcia though in Habana) missing and Smith Drozdov out of the competition quite early.

But the conditions were great (except for the wind sometimes - but at least it was not too hot as in earlier years)

And I hope next year some more "names" are going to compete...