Seven takeaways from day one of Torun

Seven dinners from the first day in Torun

1. 400 meter format. Then 4 semi-finals of four athletes, with the four winners qualifying for the final, as well as the four fastest non-winners in the four semi-finals. The final is held in two time trials of 4 athletes, with medals decided by timing in two pairs of finals. Got it?

   

2. Chase Jackson announced his retirement live after winning the shootout. Don’t worry, it’s just her retirement from Indoors, which she admitted she never really liked because it interrupted her winter break.

   

3. If there is a better middle distance runner to rule the race than Georgia Hunter Bell, then I have not seen them. never dropped in, never out of position and always knowing exactly where the finish line was.

   

4. I remember seeing it Trayvon Bromell won the world 60m in Portland, 2016. He’s had injury problems over the years but it’s great to see him in the medals after 10 years.

   

5. Goose, mascotis a goose representing the identity and traditions of the region. So now you know.

   

6. All athletes have problems related to educational institutions, but not quite to the level faced by Jaroslava Mahuchych. “We trained without electricity in really cold halls” in his native Ukraine. no electricity because of Putin’s evil war.

   

7. The state of men’s triple jump worldwide depressingly, only 4 athletes jumped beyond 17 meters. Andy Diaz Hernandez was declared the winner with a jump of 17.47 meters.