{"id":1894,"date":"2021-04-25T19:02:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyulaimemorial.hu\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2021-04-25T19:02:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:02:47","slug":"the-continental-tour-gold-series-has-kicked-off-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyulaimemorial.hu\/en\/news\/the-continental-tour-gold-series-has-kicked-off-in-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Continental Tour Gold Series has kicked off in Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The world\u2019s best athletes started the outdoor season in the United States on April 24.\u00a0The venue is the state of Oregon, Eugene<\/strong>, host of the 2022 world championships.<\/p>\n

The Continental Gold Tour series is the second strongest competition system behind the Diamond League. Traditionally, the world\u2019s best athletes take part in this event, just as they did during last year\u2019s Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial, the Hungarian stop of the series, where we witnessed a lot of fantastic results.<\/p>\n

\u2013 We could say that we are very happy to even be able to organize the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial \u2013 Hungarian Grand Prix during the time of the pandemic, but there is so much more to it. Last year, the big international sporting events kept being cancelled in athletics, which included the Continental Tour Gold and the Diamond League series as well, so the high level of athletics on display at the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial was a bright spot. Based on the results, the Memorial was the fifth most successful international competition topping the Doha Diamond League<\/em> \u2013 said P\u00e9ter Deutsch, chairman of the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial \u2013 Hungarian Grand Prix\u2019s organizing committee.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Basically, the Continental Tour was able to uphold the operability of the international athletics competition system and the Gyulai Memorial was and is a very important station of this system. We are looking forward to announcing the programs and the athletes, but I can safely say that the Grand Prix will come out with the greatest and most versatile program of the last eleven years, so the competition should be outstanding from a Hungarian and international standpoint also<\/em> \u2013 the chairman stated about the competition to be held on July 6.<\/p>\n

It was evident on Saturday how important the Continental Tour is for the athletes. The newly renovated Hayward Field in Eugene was barely recognizable due to its beauty and it remains one of the landmarks of athletics.<\/p>\n

This was the first international competition since the stadium\u2019s renovation, where the likes of Allyson Felix, Noah Lyles, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Donavan Brazier and Christian Taylor competed. They are very well known to the Hungarian audiences, since they all participated at the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial at least once.<\/p>\n

\"\"In the men\u2019s 100 meters Trayvon Brommel won clocking a time of 10.01 beating Noah Lyles (10.17) and Emmanuel Matadi (10.19.). World champion Michael Rodgers (10.24) came in fourth.<\/p>\n

Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo<\/strong> broke the meet record with a world leading 49.08 in the women\u2019s 400 meters.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s triple jump two-time Olympic and four-time world champion Christian Taylor (16.52) finished third behind his compatriot, Donald Scott (16.89) and Jamaican Clive Pullen (16.55).<\/p>\n

Blessing Okagbare emerged victorious in the women\u2019s 100 meters while Allyson Felix (11.30) and Tianna Bartoletta (11.30) finished seventh and eighth respectively.<\/p>\n

800 meter world champion Donavan Brazier competed in the 1500 meters this time where he came in third with 3:37.58 behind Australian Ollie Hoare (3:33.54) and Canadian Justyn Knight (3:35.85).<\/p>\n

Rudy Winkler won the men\u2019s hammer throw with a world leading 81.98 meters and Isaac Updike prevailed in the 3000 meters clocking a world leading 8:17.74.<\/p>\n

Results.<\/a><\/p>\n

Continental Tour Gold series 2021, competitions:<\/p>\n

April 24 \u2013 USATF Grand Prix (Eugene, USA) \u2705<\/p>\n

May 9 \u2013 Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)<\/p>\n

May 9 \u2013 USATF Golden Games (Walnut, USA)<\/p>\n

(May 11 \u2013 Continental Tour Meeting (Nanjing, China)) \u2013 Cancelled<\/p>\n

May 19 \u2013 Golden Spike (Ostrava, Czech Republic)<\/p>\n

May 23 \u2013 Adidas Boost Boston Games (Boston, USA)<\/p>\n

(June 5 \u2013 Racers Adidas Grand Prix (Kingston, Jamaica)) \u2013 cancelled<\/p>\n

June 8 \u2013 Paavo Nurmi Games (Turku, Finland)<\/p>\n

June 30 \u2013 Irene Szewinska Memorial (Bydgoszcz, Poland)<\/p>\n

July 6 \u2013 Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial (Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, Hungary)<\/p>\n

September 5 \u2013 Skolimowska Memorial (Silezia, Poland)<\/p>\n

September 14 \u2013 Hanzekovic Memorial (Zagreb, Croatia)<\/p>\n

September 18 \u2013 Kip Keino Classic (Nairobi, Kenya)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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