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Young slovak gajanova breakthrough race 2:00.58 standard for doha and european lead she was last year u20 4th placer. @Nike @SlovakAthletics @EuroAthletics pic.twitter.com/DDJ5Sbr0pN

-- Alfonz Juck (@emenews) June 3, 2019

RunBlogRun notes: The Odlozil Memorial is one of the fine gems of meetings one will find in Central Europe. The sports mad Czech republic showcases local stars, plus the great stars on the global stage. In the 2019 version, three Czech victories and seven wins from all across Africa.

Alfons Juck, publisher of EME News,provides a synopis as well as some fun photos via twitter. Thanks, Alfons!

Mariya Lasitskene, Photo by PhotoRun.net

Ramil Guiliyev, photo by PhotoRun.net

Katerina Stefanidi, photo by PhotoRun.net

The upcoming European Athletics event, Europe vs. USA, will happen in Minsk on September 9-10. The meet will be televised by NBC TV and the chance of developing a meeting with EAA and USATF has been discussed for several years.

The Odlozil Memorial is named after Czech star Josef Odlozil. He was the silver medalist in the 1964 Olympic 1,500m, taking second to Peter Snell, with John Davies in third. Odlozil also set a World Record at 2000m in 5:01.2. He died in 1993.

The meet features stars of Czech athletics against some of the big names in global athletics.

The meet, Memoriál Josefa Odložila, has been held since 1994.

Josef Odlozil, photo by Memoriál Josefa Odložila

Fedrick Dacres, photo by PhotoRun.net

Christina Schwanitz, photo by PhotoRun.net

Dacres beats Malachowski, Schwanitz EL

HALLE (GER, Jun 1): On the first day of the Halle Throws Meeting, there were two high quality discus competitions. Jamaica's Fedrick Dacres went out to 68.64m in the fourth round to defeat Olympic silver medallist Piotr Malachowski (65.87m) and Norway's Ole Stunes Isene (65.77m) in a competition which saw the top seven all surpass the 65m-line. In the women's competition, Cuba's Denia Caballero backed up her win in Stockholm by going out to 65.99m to defeat China's Feng Bin (64.89m) and European silver medallist Nadine Muller (64.52m) with Chen Yang a close fourth with 64.25m. World champion Pawel Fajdek won the hammer by a clear margin with 79.04m from Greece's Mihalis Anastasakis (75.16m) and there was a Chinese one-two in the women's hammer from Wang Zheng (74.89m) and Lua Na (72.71m). Christina Schwanitz won the shot put with 19.23m European lead which was followed by two national records: Sweden's Fanny Roos with 18.88m and Canada's Brittany Crew with 18.69m while Canada's Tim Nedow won the men's shot put with 20.87m. Elsewhere, Kara Winger went out to 62.08m in the sixth round of the javelin to upset European champion Christin Hussong (61.81m) and Bernhard Seifert won the men's javelin with 83.05m.

Dafne Schippers, photo by PhotoRun.net

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Schippers openers 11.38 and 22.98
OORDEGEM (BEL, May 25): World champion Dafne Schippers started the season at IFAM Indoor with 11.38 (+1.2) in the 100 m and 22.98 (-0.3) in the 200 m. German Marius Probst got the 1500 m in 3:38.98 with Henrik Ingebrigtsen 6th in 3:40.23. Abe Gashahun from Ethiopia was the best in the 5000 m with 13:26.77 ahead of Younes Essalhi of Morocco 13:27.32. Nadine Visser clocked 13.17 (-1.1) in the hurdles, in heats US Jade Barber 13.09 (-0.3). Taymir Burnet was the best in men´s 100 m in 10.38 (+0.3). In the 400 m hurdles Briton Sebastian Rodger clocked 49.60, in other race Dutch Nick Smidt improved hugely to 49.79 (previous PB 50.63). In women 400 m hurdles Norwegian win by Line Kloster 56.74. Mali record holder Fode Sissoko won the 200 m in 20.58 (-0.7) and US Michael Berry the 400 m in 46.34. In steeple British Aimee Pratt 9:49.27 PB and Finland´s Topi Raitanen 8:29.27. Ben Broeders cleared 562 in the pole vault and Romanian Alexander Firfirica 63.78 in discus

Back to the place where I ran my first sub 11! On the 9th of June: 100 meters @FBKGamesHengelo! 🔥 Hope for a lot of support! 👏😊🏟️ #RoadtoDoha pic.twitter.com/cZF37f40Ky

-- Dafne Schippers (@dafneschippers) April 25, 2019

Filippo Tortu, the national record holder at 100m in Italy, is looking good in 2019, as his wind-aided 100m in Rieti on 24 May attests. The video of the race and a piece by EAA confirms.

Filippo Tortu, photo by Getty Images for European Athletics

Caster Semenya takes 2018 Pre Classic, photo by PhotoRun.

Semenya for 2000 m
MONTREUIL (FRA): South African Caster Semenya is scheduled to run the 2000 m at the Montreuil Meet (EA Classic) on June 11 in France. In the tenth edition of the meet, thinis will be the first ever 2000 m race for Semenya who must compete at distances longer than mile according to the latest IAAF regulations.

Yohan Diniz is back and he kicked butt in the race walking world today in his 3:37 50km, the longest event in our sport. Here are the complete results from Latvia!

Yohan Diniz, photo by PhotoRun.net

European Athletics continues to grow and make some impressive moves that bode well for the future of the sport in Europe. The re-election of Sven Arne Hansen as President of EAA is a good omen.

Sven Arne Hansen, photo by PhotoRun.net