We saw an excellent race over 800 metres at last year’s Boris Hanžeković Memorial, which drew a lot of attention in the British media due to the British 1-2-3 win (Rowden, Giles, Wightman). This year, we might see an even better race in Zagreb and the meeting record of 1:44.05, held by one of the […]
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The pole vault will be a great attraction at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial. The field, currently including three pole vaulters who have cleared six metres in their careers, will be led by two-time world champion Sam Kendricks, who competed in Zagreb in 2017, as well. Kendrick’s personal best is 6.06 metres and his season’s
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The 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial – a Continental Tour Gold meeting – was presented at a press conference in Zagreb. Meeting Director Robert Šola said that 11 Olympic champions, 7 world champions and 16 Olympic medallists from Tokyo had already confirmed their participation in the meeting. New Meeting Manager Alfons Juck presented three sprint events
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Olympic champion Kirani James will lead the strong field in the 400m at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial. James is the only athlete who ran in the Olympic 400m final three times; and he also medalled each time: he won gold in London 2012, silver in Rio de Janeiro 2016 and bronze in Tokyo this
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The woman’s discus throw will for sure be one of the most attractive events at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial, as two-time Olympic champion Sandra Perković and current Olympic champion from Tokyo, USA’s Valarie Allman, have confirmed their participation in it! Besides the fact that Croatia’s best discus thrower will have an opportunity for a
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The discus throw event at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial will be a sort of the Tokyo Olympics final rerun as all three Tokyo medallists are coming to Zagreb: the Olympic Champion Daniel Stahl (68.90), silver medallist Simon Pettersson (67.39) and bronze medallist Lukas Weisshaidinger (67.07). The world’s best young discus thrower and European U23
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Ryan Crouser defended his Olympic shot put title. The three-time winner and meeting record holder of the Boris Hanžeković Memorial won at the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 23.30 metres, which is the second-best result of all time. Already before the final, Crouser confirmed his participation in the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial, so we
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Sandra Perković finished fourth in the women’s discus throw final at the Tokyo Olympics. The two-time Olympic champion threw farthest on her third attempt, when her discus travelled 65.01 metres. That very good throw was preceded by a throw of 62.53 on her first attempt and a foul on the second. This was followed by
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Ryan Crouser broke the 31-year-old world record in the shot put at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene. The tree-time winner and meeting record holder of the Boris Hanžeković Memorial threw an incredible 23.37 m on his fourth attempt and surpassed his fellow countryman Randy Barnes’ record from 1990. Let’s remember that Crouser won with
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The monograph titled 70th Zagreb Meeting – Hanžeković Memorial was presented in Zagreb. It is a chronicle of Croatia’s oldest sporting event and one of the world’s best athletics meetings. The monograph chronologically follows the growth of the Boris Hanžeković Memorial from a duel between the athletics clubs of Dinamo and Mladost to this day,
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