60th Ostrava Golden Spike Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE), 19/05/2021, courtesy World Athletics Results services

The Golden Spike is held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and is one of the most iconic events in Central Europe.

Even with the early/late Spring season, the competition was fantastic! Alfons Juck and his amazing team put together fields that have to be respected. Even without 30,000 fans screaming in the stands, the performances shook up European and World Athletics.

I know this, I have promised Alfons that I would visit his event, and in the next couple of summers, it will be on the bucket list.

Young Britons, Max Burgin and Keely Hodgkinson won the 800ms in Ostrava and impressed global fans! photo by Caroline Feith (agent/manager extraordinaire)

60th Ostrava Golden Spike
Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE), 19/05/2021

Men’s results

100 Metres – Men Wind: +1.4 m/s

1 KERLEY Fred USA 9.96
2 GATLIN Justin USA 10.08
3 DE GRASSE André CAN 10.17
4 WICKI Silvan SUI 10.28
5 VOLKO Ján SVK 10.31
6 VELEBA Jan CZE 10.38
7 VAN GOOL Joris NED 10.39
8 STROMŠÍK Zdeněk CZE 10.44

200 Metres – Men Wind: -0.6 m/s

1 BEDNAREK Kenneth USA 19.93
2 KERLEY Fred USA 20.27
3 BROWN Aaron CAN 20.40
4 REAIS William SUI 20.69
5 VOLKO Ján SVK 20.77
6 JIRKA Jan CZE 21.04
7 POLÁK Jiří CZE 21.21
8 NĚMEJC Tomáš CZE 21.34

400 Metres – Men

1 JAMES Kirani GRN 44.74
2 NORWOOD Vernon USA 45.28
3 DOBBER Jochem NED 45.30
4 SCOTTI Edoardo ITA 45.73
5 BONEVACIA Liemarvin NED 46.18
6 MASLÁK Pavel CZE 46.52
7 Å ORM Patrik CZE 46.90
8 TESAŘ Jan CZE 47.12

800 Metres – Men

1 BURGIN Max GBR 1:44.14
2 VAN DIEPEN Tony NED 1:45.36
3 WIGHTMAN Jake GBR 1:45.47
4 BORKOWSKI Mateusz POL 1:45.74
5 DOBEK Patryk POL 1:45.88
6 ORDÓÑEZ Saúl ESP 1:46.23
7 FITZSIMONS John IRL 1:46.62
8 TUKA Amel BIH 1:46.64
9 Å NEJDR Filip CZE 1:46.68
10 KSZCZOT Adam POL 1:47.49
11 ENGLISH Mark IRL 1:47.85
12 GIRMA Adisu ETH 1:48.48
PLAČEK Tadeáš CZE DNF

1500 Metres – Men

1 LEWANDOWSKI Marcin POL 3:35.57
2 GÓMEZ Jesús ESP 3:35.70
3 ABATE Samuel ETH 3:36.32
4 FONTES Ignacio ESP 3:36.48
5 GRETHEN Charles LUX 3:36.75
6 SZÖGI István HUN 3:36.83
7 DEBJANI Ismael BEL 3:36.86
8 ROZMYS Michał POL 3:37.10
9 SASÍNEK Filip CZE 3:37.21
10 MCCANN Luke IRL 3:37.77
11 MIELLET Alexis FRA 3:38.15
12 HOLUÅ A Jakub CZE 3:38.19
13 FRIÅ  Jan CZE 3:38.88
14 TISON Quentin FRA 3:39.06
15 DENISSEL Simon FRA 3:41.65
16 HUNTER Rorey AUS 3:42.29
CZERWIŃSKI Adam POL DNF
ROBINSON Paul IRL DNF
SÝKORA Jan CZE DNF

3000 Metres – Men

1 CHEPTEGEI Joshua UGA 7:33.24
2 CHELIMO Paul USA 7:41.69
3 CHELIMO Oscar UGA 7:43.00
4 TOBIN Seán IRL 7:49.37
5 KIMELI Isaac BEL 7:49.47
6 VOJTA Andreas AUT 7:49.75
7 OUKHELFEN Abdessamad ESP 8:07.68
8 KRÁL Vojtěch CZE 8:20.61
DOUMA Richard NED DNF
MCSWEYN Stewart AUS DNF

10,000 Metres – Men

1 KIPLIMO Jacob UGA 26:33.93
2 BALEW Birhanu BRN 27:07.49
3 AOUANI Iliass ITA 27:45.81
4 PÉREZ Juan Antonio ESP 27:46.08
5 FRERE Mehdi FRA 28:09.68
6 MANDE Abdallah Kibet UGA 28:20.91
7 KAYA Aras TUR 28:45.48
8 ATAÇ Sezgin TUR 28:49.94
9 MILLÁN DE LA OLIVA Emil SWE 29:25.76
DVOŘÁČEK Adam CZE DNF
KIPROTICH Peter KEN DNF
TAOUSSI Youssef ESP DNF

400 Metres Hurdles – Men

1 COPELLO Yasmani TUR 49.21
2 SIBILIO Alessandro ITA 49.62
3 KOROKNAI Máté HUN 49.70
4 ANGELA Ramsey NED 50.14
5 KUÄŒERA Martin SVK 50.47
6 TUÄŒEK Martin CZE 50.77
7 GREENE David GBR 51.66
8 MCALISTER Chris GBR 52.12

3000 Metres Steeplechase – Men

1 WALE Getnet ETH 8:09.47
2 NORMAN Phil GBR 8:20.12
3 ZOGHLAMI Osama ITA 8:20.29
4 ARCE Daniel ESP 8:21.53
5 ABDELWAHED Ahmed ITA 8:21.54
6 SIKOWO Boniface Abel UGA 8:28.91
7 CHEMUTAI Albert UGA 8:31.21
8 RUIZ Víctor ESP 8:31.49
9 GRAU Martin GER 8:34.25
10 VÍCH Damián CZE 8:46.09
CHIAPPINELLI Yohanes ITA DNF
MERZOUGUI Abdelaziz ESP DNF

Pole Vault – Men

1 DUPLANTIS Armand SWE 5.90
2 KENDRICKS Sam USA 5.85
3 LAVILLENIE Valentin FRA 5.60
4 VALLES Adrian ESP 5.50
5 CORMONT Ethan FRA 5.40
6 ÅžAÅžMA Ersu TUR 5.20
6 ŠČERBA Matěj CZE 5.20
8 BÁRTA Dan CZE 5.20
9 KUDLIÄŒKA Jan CZE 5.20
WOJCIECHOWSKI Paweł POL DNS

Long Jump – Men
Wind
1 BEY Augustin FRA 8.02 -0.3
2 GFÖHLER Benjamin SUI 7.73 +0.7
3 JUÅ KA Radek CZE 7.62 +0.1
4 HEINLE Fabian GER 7.60 -0.4
5 BITAN Gabriel ROU 7.48 +0.1
6 BYSTROŇ Jakub CZE 7.41 -0.4
7 NAVRÁTIL Šimon CZE 7.13 0.0
8 HELCELET Adam Sebastian CZE 7.08 +0.4

Triple Jump – Men
Wind
1 ZANGO Hugues Fabrice BUR 17.20 +0.7
2 HEß Max GER 16.97 +0.4
3 RAFFIN Melvin FRA 16.71 -0.9
4 PONTVIANNE Jean-Marc FRA 16.37 -0.5
5 TAYLOR Christian USA 16.36 -0.7
6 VONDRÁČEK Jiří CZE 15.89 -0.9
7 VODÁK Ondřej CZE 15.59 +0.5

Shot Put – Men

1 MIHALJEVIĆ Filip CRO 21.58
2 HARATYK Michał POL 21.30
3 PETERSSON Wictor SWE 20.90
4 STANĚK Tomáš CZE 20.11
5 PEZER Mesud BIH 20.01
6 BUKOWIECKI Konrad POL 19.84
7 FABBRI Leonardo ITA 19.04

Javelin Throw – Men

1 VETTER Johannes GER 94.20
2 PETERS Anderson GRN 83.39
3 WALCOTT Keshorn TTO 82.75
4 VADLEJCH Jakub CZE 82.31
5 VESELÝ Vítězslav CZE 78.52
6 FLORIAN Martin CZE 73.21
7 FRYDRYCH Petr CZE 71.14

Women’s results

200 Metres – Women Wind: -1.1 m/s

1 RICHARDSON Sha’Carri USA 22.35
2 OKAGBARE Blessing NGR 22.59
3 KAMBUNDJI Mujinga SUI 22.85
4 SCHIPPERS Dafne NED 22.91
5 BURGHARDT Alexandra GER 23.47
6 VONDROVÁ Lada CZE 23.90
7 SLANINOVÁ Jana CZE 24.22
8 FORSTER Viktoria SVK 24.34

800 Metres – Women

1 HODGKINSON Keely GBR 1:58.89
2 WELTEJI Diribe ETH 1:59.79
3 LINDH Lovisa SWE 2:01.10
4 HOFFMANN Lore SUI 2:02.48
5 HYNNE Hedda NOR 2:02.48
6 POWER Nadia IRL 2:02.72
7 YARIGO Noélie BEN 2:02.99
8 HORVAT Anita SLO 2:03.29
9 FICENEC Kimberley CZE 2:04.45
10 HLUCHÁ Vendula CZE 2:05.30
CICHOCKA Angelika POL DNF
GAJANOVÁ Gabriela SVK DNF
HÁLOVÁ Kateřina CZE DNF

1500 Metres – Women

1 HAILU Freweyni ETH 4:04.20
2 MIŠMAŠ-ZRIMŠEK Maruša SLO 4:07.50
3 MESHESHA Hirut ETH 4:07.52
4 SABBATINI Gaia ITA 4:08.14
5 GUERRERO Esther ESP 4:08.24
6 MEZULIÁNÍKOVÁ Diana CZE 4:08.37
7 NANYONDO Winnie UGA 4:08.44
8 BURKARD Elena GER 4:09.19
9 UMMELS Britt NED 4:09.52
10 VRZALOVÁ Simona CZE 4:12.78
11 PLIÅš Renata POL 4:21.33
DIBABA Genzebe ETH DNF
MEHARI Hiwot ETH DNF
SEIDLOVÁ Zdeňka CZE DNF

400 Metres Hurdles – Women

1 KNIGHT Jessie GBR 54.74
2 RYZHYKOVA Anna UKR 55.09
3 PETERSEN Sara Slott DEN 55.76
4 ZAPLETALOVÁ Emma SVK 55.83
5 OLIVIERI Linda ITA 56.48
6 JÍCHOVÁ Nikoleta CZE 58.47
7 LEDECKÁ Daniela SVK 59.33
NIELSEN Lina GBR DNF

Hammer Throw – Women

1 KOPRON Malwina POL 74.74
2 TAVERNIER Alexandra FRA 73.30
3 WŁODARCZYK Anita POL 72.72
4 FIODOROW Joanna POL 70.57
5 HRAŠNOVÁ Martina SVK 68.99
6 GYURÁTZ Réka HUN 68.73
7 ŠAFRÁNKOVÁ Kateřina CZE 67.76
8 BÁRTOVÁ Veronika CZE 57.81

Javelin Throw – Women

1 HUSSONG Christin GER 66.56
2 OGRODNÍKOVÁ Nikola CZE 65.13
3 KOLAK Sara CRO 60.04
4 ŠPOTÁKOVÁ Barbora CZE 59.49
5 HUDSON Victoria AUT 58.06
6 KITAGUCHI Haruka JPN 57.49
7 TABAČKOVÁ Nikol CZE 55.58