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200m – women

’I was more satisfied with my 100 m today, but it is always amazing to run among these athletes. It is always nice to be and compete here as it is a well organized event, so I thought it will be perfect for my preparation for the European Championships. It is a special situation, as most of the girls with whom I ran are already done with their most important competititons, while I have one week until the European Championships. Thanks to this competition now I can now see where I should improve, I still have time to modify what I need to.’

Mujinga Kambundji (SUI), 2nd place

 

400M – MEN

’I thought it would be great to have a bit of fun, to train without hurdles, and I did enjoy this race a lot, especially the competition with Vernon Norwood. This is my first time here and really like it as the track is very fast.’

Alison Dos Santos (BRA), 2nd place

 

’I was very nervous today and despite finishing third I would like to continue the work because I want to get back under 45 seconds next season.’

Michael Cherry (USA), 3rd place

 

400M HURDLES – WOMEN

’It is amazing to run among these ladies, these are all world class athletes and they always push me tor un faster and have better results. I came here with the goal to run better than I did at the Commonwealth Games, that I could achieve, so I am really happy about my performance today.’

Janieve Russell (JAM), 2nd place

 

110m hurdles – men

’I was here to have some fun and I was excited to compete against Rasheed. Today he could beat me but there is no time to be sad, a couple of days and we will be in Monaco where we need to perform at the highest level again.’

Grant Holloway (USA), 2nd place

 

100m hurdles – women

’I think I can be proud of my result but I expected a little bit quicker run. I just want to bring my former rhythm back and keep pushing for these great results. It is one of my favourite places to compete and I love the fans. I hope I will be here next year as well.’

Nia Ali (USA), 3rd place

 

Shot put – men

’I feel a bit tired today, as in the past days I had several competitions, so considering that we can say that today I had a great result. Now I will have a bit of a time to relax, but it was obvoius that I will be here today, last year I really enjoyed the comptetition, it is a great track, the people are great, the crowd and the atmoshpere is always amazing.’

Tom Walsh (NZL), 2nd place

 

’I am, of course, preparing for the European Championships, so this competition is a great part of my preparation. I felt good during warm-ups, I felt the shots smooth, but then there were many interruptions, but I am happy about my consistency and I feel my shape is growing.’

Tomas Stanek (CZE), 3rd place

 

Pole vault

’It was a really great preparation for Munich and the European Championships. Of course, I wanted to keep up with the results of Armand and I felt confident but today I was not able to fight for the gold.’

Renaud Lavillenie (FRA), 2nd place

 

100m – women

’I did not feel too well before the run as I had a bad accident with one of my teeth so the result was also surprising for me as well. After the World Championships it is very positive that I could maintain my form and consistency is really important in our sport.’

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM), 1st place

 

’It was a special and really great experience to run among these ladies, it helps me to work on my times and grow into a better athelete. I really enjoyed this race today.’

Tamari Davis (USA), 2nd place

 

800m – men

’I was quite nervous about the whole transition tot he senior level, but I have been training hard in the past years, so obviously I want to be among the big guys and, of course, I want to be among the bests at the European Championships as well.’

John Fritzsimons (IRL), 2nd place

 

’It was a nice run. I enjoyed the weather conditions. For the future I need to prepare for these kinds of finishes because I think with more experience I could be better. This is a quite hard calendar year but I am about to improve and be better from competition to competition.’

Isaiah Jewett (USA), 3rd place

 

800m – women

’At Eugene I was eliminated in the semi-finals, so I was thinking mybe here I can show a better performance as I felt in a good shape. My goal was to run this race under 2 minutes, which I nearly could achieve, this is a season best for me so I am satisfied with my performance. I really enjoyed to run here, the track is fast and the crowd gave us more power as they were chearing for us, I hope to return here.’

Noélie Yarigo (BEN), 2nd place

 

’It is crazy if I think about the fact that two days ago I was in a hospital in Poland due to food poisoning so it is an unbelievably good result for me and I am more than satisfied.’

Brooke Feldmeier (USA), 3rd place

 

Hammer Throw – men

It think the most important thing in this competition is technique. We have to practice to throw good. I am really tired because we had a competition days ago. I spent all my time practicing, but I felt in a good shape today. I adore Székesfehérvár, hopefully I can compete here again. Now I am focusing on the European Championships, this is my second goal, the main one was the World Chapionships where I won the silver medal for what I am happy. These days are hard, but I try tod o my best to throw better than last time.

Wojciech Nowicki (POL), 1st place

 

’One week prior to the European Championships I consider my throw around 80 m to be quite good. My throws were a bit inclined to the left, the strong winds might have had a role in it as it disturbs our spatial perception. I feel well, I am in good shape, my technic was also good, this is why I think I could have achieved a bigger throw, so I am not fully satisfied with my performance, but I will not be sad if the desired good result will come in Munich.’

Bence Halász (HUN), 2nd place

 

’Despite my result was only enough for the third place today, I enjoyed this event as Hungary and the Gyulai Memorial are my favourites. I did not have an easy situation as I had to drive from Poland to Hungary and I could not sleep a lot before this event. I think the rest was missing for an even better performance but I think I should not be very critical of myself after a plus 79 metres throw.’

Pawel Fajdek (POL), 3rd place

 

Hammer Throw – women

’I am very satisfied with my throws, despite that I could not actually reach what I wanted at this event. I would like to achieve 80 metres one day, this was my goal today, but I am still young, I have many years ahead of me to reach this milestone. The past period was really successful for me, this also shows that my preparation went well, and I am also glad about the performance of Janee’ Kassanavoid.’

Brooke Andersen (USA), 1st place

 

’I was a little bit tired as Brooke and I have just arrived from Poland where we also competed against each other. This is a long season and I felt a downturn in my performance today so I am satisfied with this result and my second place. We need to get used to the tight schedule where we have to recover after every race as soon as possible because the next season will be even longer. All in all I enjoyed the energy of the fans. They could lift me up when I needed support.’

Janee’ Kassanavoid (USA), 2nd place

 

’The throws felt good, and I definitely felt better than at the World Championships, now I have something I can work with for the European Championships. I am preparing for next week, I feel ready for Munich, maybe I will need a little more speed, but these competitions like this one help to get me in „shape” for the big competitions. Even though I always feel mentally tired after competitions, there were weeks after the WChs when I just trained so it was great to feel a bit more down to earth today.’

Katrine Koch Jacobsen (DEN), 3rd place

 

Javelin Throw – women

’I am very happy with the silver medal, especially that I could throw above 60 metres again. I am not used to having so many bigger competitions in such a short time, and during this summer I participated in many, so I felt a little bit tired today, yet I managed to have a great performance. Now I fly back to Greece to finish my preparation before the European Championships where I will also try to be among the bests.’

Elina Tzengko (GRE), 2nd place

 

’It was a really nice result just before the European Championships and I am very satisfied with my two throws that were above 58 metres. Despite it was the first final of the event, the atmosphere was frenetic. I was more than happy hearing the chants of the fans.’

Réka Szilágyi (HUN), 3rd place