![]() ![]() I'm ready to go as high as it takes to win. It's the one I want and I'll do what it takes to make it happen. "I've been waiting for five years for this. Disclosure: CNBC parent NBCUniversal owns NBC Sports and NBC Olympics. "A couple of years back I was getting injured and it wasn't so pleasant for me. The men’s discus throw event is scheduled to take place between July 30 and 31. Olympic track and field trials results 2021 Womens. ![]() The Olympics carry extra significance for Barshim as a gold in the Games is the only medal he is yet to win in a distinguished high-jump career.Īt the 2012 London Games, the 30-year-old won a bronze, which was later upgraded to silver, picked up another silver in Rio de Janeiro four years later and then won two successive world titles in 20.īarshim, who has competed sparingly since 2019, scaled a height of 2.28m to qualify for Sunday's high-jump final. Lithuanian Andrius Gudzius, the 2017 world champion, came in second at 65.94 while Slovenian medal hope Kristjan Ceh, who is second behind Stahl in the 2021 leaders' list, came third overall with a throw of 65.45. Here’s what you need to know: Day 3 of the Olympic track trials yielded both expected and surprise qualifiers. Two remote-controlled miniature buses ferried the discus across the field under overcast conditions at the mostly-empty Olympic Stadium as the first day of competition in athletics kicked off at the Tokyo Games. Follow our Tokyo Olympics 2021 and swimming live coverage. Allman's 68.98m toss outdistanced silver medalist Kristin Pudenz of Germany by more. "My goal was to just make what was needed for the final and I did it so I'm very happy." American record-holder Valarie Allman got to work early on Monday in Tokyo in the women's discus final, uncorking a huge first attempt that proved timely as torrential rain followed and disrupted competition the mark ultimately winning her an Olympic gold. team at the Tokyo Olympics and the first discus medal won by an American woman since 2008. My goal was to make the finals so I did it," Stahl said. Allman won the gold medal in discus on Monday for the first gold in track and field for the U.S. His opening throw on Friday came at 66.12m and it was enough to move him past the qualification mark for Saturday's final. ![]()
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