{"id":2910,"date":"2021-07-06T20:32:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T18:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyulaimemorial.hu\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2021-07-06T20:32:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T18:32:39","slug":"the-best-competition-in-the-world-this-year-is-the-gyulai-istvan-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyulaimemorial.hu\/en\/news\/the-best-competition-in-the-world-this-year-is-the-gyulai-istvan-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"The best competition in the world this year is the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Anna Bogd\u00e1n\u2019s attempt in the women\u2019s javelin throw kicked off the second day of the 2021 Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial \u2013 Hungarian Grand Prix in Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r. The Hungarian crowd witnessed the first meet record of the day when Elizabeth Gleadle threw 61.90 in the first round. The record did not stand for long as Nikola Ogrodnikova threw 62.20 metres in the second and 62.56 in the third round.<\/p>\n

In the last round, Liveta Jasiunaite<\/strong> broke the meet record again with 62.73 metres which won her the gold beating Ogrondikova (62.56) and Gleadle (61.90). The previous record was 61.31 and was set in 2013.<\/p>\n

Hungarian R\u00e9ka Szil\u00e1gyi (57.55), who is preparing for the Olympics finished fourth, Fanni K\u00f6v\u00e9r (56.17) finished sixth, Ang\u00e9la Moravcsik (55.32) finished eighth while Annabella Bogd\u00e1n (45.87) finished ninth.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the heats of the \u2019How fast you run the 100 metres?\u2019 took place. Sofia Emmanuel (13.67) won the beginner women\u2019s race, Bal\u00e1zs Zsolnai (13.00) prevailed in the men\u2019s beginner category, while his brother, B\u00e1lint Zsolnai (11.83) won in the advanced category.<\/p>\n

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Taliyah Brooks (13.17) won the second heat of the 100 metres hurdles beating Taylori Biedt (13.44), Gr\u00e9ta Kerekes (13.44) and Petra R\u00e9p\u00e1si (13.94).<\/p>\n

The first heat of the men\u2019s 100 metres national competition was won hy Patrik Bondschu (11.20 PB), while Illovszky Dominik (10.70) prevailed in the second heat.<\/p>\n

Lili Furuly\u00e1s(24.77) \u00a0won the women\u2019s 200 metres Hungarian national race, then M\u00e1t\u00e9 Egy\u00fcd (48.59) from TFSE crossed the finish line first in the men\u2019s 400 metres. The Hungarian 800 metres women\u2019s race was won by Anna Ferencz (2:04.96).<\/p>\n

Tom Walsh<\/strong> (22.22) won the men\u2019s shot-put setting up a meet record beating Croatian Filip Mihaljevic (21.77) and American Josh Awotunde (21.70).<\/p>\n

Stephenie McPPherson took home gold in the women\u2019s 400 metres in a tight race beating Wadeline Jonathas (50.70) and Lieke Klaver (51.23). Hungarian Evelyn N\u00e1dh\u00e1zi (53.09) finished eighth.<\/p>\n

Jamaikan Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.71) was unstoppable in the women\u2019s 100 metres as she beat Fraser-Pryce and Ta Lou for the gold medal.<\/p>\n

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Akani Simbine<\/strong> was fantastic in the men\u2019s race \u2013 he clocked a new meet record (9.84 PB) getting the better of Michael Rodgers (10.00) and Marvin Bracy<\/strong> (10.12). Gemili came in fifth while Gatlin<\/strong> finished sixth in the wonderful competition.<\/p>\n

Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (6.79) took home gold in the women\u2019s long jump finishing ahead of British Irozoru (6.64) and Mironchyk-Ivanova (6.60). Hungarian Anaszt\u00e1zia Nguyen (6.53) finished fourth, Diana Lesti (6.50) finished fifth and Luca Ekler (5.64) finished tenth.<\/p>\n

The 100 metres hurdles ended in Puerto Rican victory as Camacho-Quinn was faster than everyone else. Herman (12.67) came in second, Cunningham (12.75) came in third while Hungarian favourite Luca Koz\u00e1k (12.85) finished seventh.<\/p>\n

Femke Bol emerged victorious in the women\u2019s 400 metres hurdles with a 52.81 meet record, though she had to suffer for the win in the home stretch as Little (52.85) was closing in on her. Russel from Jamaica came in third.<\/p>\n

\"\"Yasmani Copello<\/strong> also set a new meet record with 48.35 beating his own previous best in Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r. He beat Lattin (49.06) and Preist (49.19) for the gold, Hungarian M\u00e1t\u00e9 Koroknai (50.11) came in sixth.<\/p>\n

Nedasekau from Belarus won the high jump with a new national record and personal best 2.37 metres. Ivanyuk (2.33) from Russia finished second ahead of compatriot Akimenko (2.33). P\u00e9ter Bakosi (2.24) was ninth, D\u00e1niel Jankovics (2.15) was eleventh, P\u00e9ter Ag\u00e1rdi (2.15) was 13th.<\/p>\n

There were two heats in the 110 metres hurdles \u2013 the first was won by Paolo Dal Molin (13.31) even though he touched or tipped over most of the hurdles. David King (13.31) finished second, Freddie Crittenden (13.49) finished third while Hungarian B\u00e1lint Szeles (13.88) came in seventh beating African Champion Antonio Alkana (13.98).<\/p>\n

We witnessed Grant Holloway\u2019s (13.08) victory in the second heat who beat Orlando Ortega (13.15) and Sergey Shubenkov (13.19). Vald\u00f3 Sz\u0171cs (13.47) finished fifth.<\/p>\n

\"\"Portuguese Pedro Pichardo<\/strong> started the triple jump with a world leading (17.82) which is a new meet record. Hugues Fabrice Zango also started brightly matching Picardo\u2019s result which is his personal best and an African record as well. The answer soon came from Pichardo who jumped 17.92 beating the meet record once more. Zango could not overcome this and finished second while Triki (17.33) from Algeria took home bronze.<\/p>\n

Jamaican Shericka Jackson also broke the meet record in the 200 metres which earned her gold. Miller-Uibo (22.15) from Bahama came in second, Dafne Schippers (22.70) finished third.<\/p>\n

Akani Simbine won the second heat of the 200 metres after winning the 100 metres. Simbine got the better of Alonso Edward (20.29) and Oduduro (20.38).<\/p>\n

De Grasse took home gold after winning the first heat of the 200 metres in 19.97 narrowly beating Bednarek (19.99) and rising star Erriyon Knighton (20.03).<\/p>\n

The crowd also witnessed a meet record in the 3000 metres as Muktar Edris set a new personal record with 7:30.96 which is the third best time of the year in this distance. His compatriots Worku (7:34.75) and Yihune (7:39.27) finished second and third respectively.<\/p>\n

Swedish giant Daniel Stahl (67.71) won the discus throw ahead of Andrius Gudzius (66.71) and Jamaican Fedrick Dacres (65.08).<\/p>\n

\"\"The men\u2019s 800 metres ended in British double as Elliot Giles (1:44.89) held off compatriot Jamie Webb (1:45.12) and American Clayton Murphy (1:45.20). Bal\u00e1zs Vindics finished eighth with a season best 1:46.64.<\/p>\n

The last event \u2013 the men\u2019s 400 \u2013 went to Steven Gardiner who crossed the finish line first with a season best 44.47 beating Bryce Deadmon (44.58) and Michael Norman (44.65).<\/p>\n

The Dr. Spiriev Bojidar Trophy went to Elaine Thompson-Herah<\/strong>, winner of the 100 metres while the best Hungarian was Luza Koz\u00e1k.<\/p>\n

The athletes collectively achieved 93418 points which means that the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial was 2021\u2019s most successful competition. What a fantastic afternoon!<\/p>\n

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