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Nearly half of the staff shall be javelin throwers, and the primary expectations are additionally associated to the athletics self-discipline, which is wealthy in traditions in Latvia. From June 7 to 12, the European Championship (EC) medal units shall be distributed in Rome, the capital of Italy. It is going to be a very powerful competitors earlier than the Paris Olympics in August.
13 Latvian observe and discipline athletes is also in Rome. The triple jumper Rūta Kate Lasmane, who received the Nationwide Collegiate Sports activities Affiliation (NCAA) championship in Boston in March with a brand new Latvian all-time greatest indoor efficiency of 14.47 meters, is within the excessive third place within the EC qualification rating. Throughout the qualification interval, which lasted from Might 27, 2023 to Might 26, 2024, solely two athletes in Europe have jumped additional than Lasmani – the chief of the rating, Ana Peleteiro-Compaore from Spain (14.75) and Daria Derkača from Italy (14. 52). Sadly, Ruta won’t be able to compete in EC, as a result of on June 8, she has to characterize the College of Texas on the NCAA Championship throughout the ocean.
With Lasmane not competing, the primary hopes are linked to the ladies’s javelin. Līna Mūze-Sirmā, with 64.78 meters achieved final July on the Jānis Daliņas Stadium in Valmiera, occupies the third place within the EC qualification rating. Two locations under is Anete Sietiņa, who happy with the fourth place on the 2023 World Championships in Budapest and this yr on the worldwide competitors in Poland threw the javelin 63.21 meters, which is the most effective achievement of the season in Latvia. Mūze-Sirmā achieved a results of 58.91 meters this season. There shall be three representatives of Latvia within the males’s javelin competitors in Rome, however their probabilities of combating for a excessive place must be evaluated extra cautiously.
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2024-06-01 21:38:59