Odey-Jordan, the incredible distraction at the U18 European Athletics Championships: leads the 200, slows before the finish line and is eliminated

2024-07-19 18:21:46

An incredible distraction, or an excessive act of arrogance, has cost the young talent of Great Britain Jake Odey-Jordan to Europe Under 18 athletics in progress Banska Bystrica, in Slovakia. The 16-year-old sprinter was leading his 200m heat when, 30m from the finish line, now feeling confident of success, he slowed down considerably and ended up being overtaken by his opponent. Lightness cost him his expulsion from a race in which he started among the gold favorites since he decided next year second all-time in Europe among those under 18 who will be running in 20″55.

He finished in fourth place, without any semi-finals

Odey-Jordan made a serious mistake of assumption and arrogance that will surely be a lesson for the future. Seeing the finish line now he looked to the left and another to the right, saw that there was no one there and broke until he was almost walking, finishing fourth in 22″ 12. Set fatal since it was only the first to run the 3 classified turn of the 7 heats, on Saturday evening, the blue team will Diego NappiItalian record holder in the category, who won his heat with the second overall time (21″32), just one hundredth higher than that of Portugal’s Pedro Afonso.

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