2024-08-04 14:54:46
Hammer thrower Anna Skidan has reached the final of the Paris Olympics. In her best attempt, she threw the projectile at 72.55, showing the third result among the participants.
As İdman.biz reports, the visit to the Stade de France stadium, where the athletics competitions are held, was a real event.
Despite the fact that the way to the location was not short, many fans in large columns were moving towards the stadium from the very morning. At the same time, the metro station is located at a sufficient distance from the stadium, which, of course, did not bother the numerous army of admirers of the queen of sports. Many went to the stadium with their families, which once again emphasizes the role that big-time sports play in the everyday life of the French.
“Stade de France” hosted rugby-7 competitions in the first days of the Olympics, which is also wildly popular in the country. But track and field is not much inferior in this sense, and the stands filled in the morning were further proof of this.
Anna Skidan opened the program in Group A. The standard that guaranteed a place in the final was the 73-meter mark. Hammer thrower Anna Skidan reached the final of the Olympic Games in Paris. In her best attempt, she threw the projectile at 72.55, showing the third result among the participants. And the first two were taken by Canadian Camryn Rogers (74.69) and Annette Neka Ichikunwoke from the USA (73.52), who guaranteed a place in the final due to the fulfillment of the standard standard.
In Group B, the best result of the entire qualification was shown by the Finnish Krista Tervo (74.79), while a place in the final was also guaranteed by Diana Price from the USA (73.79) and the Danish Catherine Koch Jacobsen (73.04). But in any case, Anna’s result allowed her to reach the final with the sixth result among the participants.
It was interesting to observe first-hand the “kitchen” of throwing competitions, which, as a rule, do not make it into television broadcasts. For example, after landing, the hammer is sent back from the sector on a special radio-controlled machine, reminiscent of a toy.
The atmosphere of the Stade de France is captivating and you want to return there again. And Skidan provided such an opportunity by reaching the final.
Zaki Feizullaev
İdman.biz