Talk:2010 Europa Games: Athletics (1983: Doomsday)

Triple Jump

 * Women: The first Greek entry, Olga, placed 5th/7th/11th in 1996/2000/2004, respectively. The other placed last in 2004, and did not successfully land a jump in 2008. The Kuban entry placed 26 out of 37 in 2004.
 * Olga of Greece for gold, the Kuban with Silver, and the other Greek with bronze.


 * Men: The Transylvanian won silver in 2004, but missed 2008 with an injury which he recovered from. The Estonian jumper placed 32nd or so of 48 in 2004. The entry from Waldeck-Hesse placed 14th in 1996, tied for ninth and then disqualified in the finals in 2000, and did not finish in 2004. Lastly, the Slovenian placed 36th of 48 in 2004, and was prevented from competing in 2008 for doping reasons.
 * Transylvania for gold, Waldeck-Hesse for silver, and Slovenia for bronze (has a much better track record than the Estonian).

Lordganon 06:48, October 7, 2010 (UTC)

Decathalon
André Niklaus (Prussia) placed 8th in 2008. Mikk Pahapill (Estonia) placed 11th in 2008. Carl Jablonksi (Woodbridge) is an atl concoction. Roland Schwarzl (Alpine Confederation) placed 10th in 2004. François Gourmet (Luxembourg) did not compete in the Olympics, but placed 13th at the 2006 World Championships. Eugène Martineau (Luxembourg) placed 29th in 2004 and 14th in 2008. Dale Garland (Celtic Alliance) has not competed in the Olympics either, but placed 9th at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 5th at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, though not competing at the present games.

I suspect Andre would get gold, and Mikk silver. I'd like to give Dale the bronze, because I like the thought of a guy from the Channel Islands winning a medal. Depends on Verence, though.

Lordganon 08:39, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

That's fine by me. In essence I feel that "real" competitors should almost always do better that concocted ones Verence71 10:42, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

All righty.

Lordganon 07:16, October 9, 2010 (UTC)

Heptathalon
Lyudmyla Blonska (Crimea) was disqualified from 2008 for drugs, but had got silver at the world championships the year before. Kaie Kand (Estonia) placed 33rd in 2008. Tatyana Chernova (Kuban) won bronze in 2008. Linda Züblin (Alpine Confederation) placed 13th in 2008.

Funny Enough, The Crimean placed far better than the other three at the championships. Medals, in my mind, then, should be Tatyana with gold, Linda with silver, and the Crimean with bronze, in a close finish between the three, with the Estonian a fair ways back.

Lordganon 08:39, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

High Jump

 * Womens: Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) placed 17th/11th/2nd in 2000/2004/2008. Beatrice Lundmark (Alpine Confederation) placed 10th at the 2010 European Championships. Deirdre Ryan (Celtic Alliance) placed 9th at those same championships (which Blanka won, fyi). Agni Charalambous (Greece) placed 33rd in 2000.

Obviously, Blanka gets gold. As Beatrice is only just starting out, I'd give silver to Deirdre, and Beatrice the bronze. I figure the young ones will beat the Greek.


 * Mens: Yaroslav Rybakov (Belarus) placed 6th in 2004, and bronze in 2008. Vyacheslav Voronin (Ossetia) placed 10th/9th/16th in 2000/2004/2008. Kyriakos Ioannou (Greece) placed ~19th in 2004 and 18th in 2008 - he did get bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games too. Rožle Prezelj (Slovenia) placed ~25th in 2004, and 12th in 2008. Andrey Silnov (Don) won gold in 2008.

Andrey wins. Yaroslav gets silver, and Rozle gets bronze.

Lordganon 09:33, October 9, 2010 (UTC)