Thursday, July 2, 2009

Junior Championships 2009

Like in previous years, it was held in Jászberény again.
Should I say what was it starting with? Oh yes, I can hear the correct answer - organisation problems! 2 hours delay, quite usual, right?

Peter had 4 distances (300, 400, 500 and 800m) and had to run a qualifier on the shortest one even, as there were 8 starters and only 6 were allowed in the final. In the qualifier he finished with the 4th best time so he could enter the final safely.
300m final - bad start, trying to overtake the significantly slower #4 FB, without success:


400m - a good start, #3 in first turn, then holding the opponents almost to the finish line where his local rival SzT beat him with 40cm:


500m - a bad start again, almost getting in a crash and finishing #5:


800m - bad start, not overtaking when the ones ahead slow down and beaten in the last half lap:


Overall he finished #4, so no podium this time. Could be much much better if the starts were better, but I don't think he could have grabbed the bronze. No problem, he is one year younger than those ahead of him.

Amateur seniors - we were 3 (parents). In the program we saw 500m and 2000m, with a 2400m relay. However, we ran a 600m, then a 400m, and our relay was canceled with 'no time to do it'. Do you agree we should ask for half of our entry fee back? :s
We raced together with cat A and B boys, the official results show them as a separate category each - but the only cat A racer, ZsD was given the gold and I got a silver only, though I was the best man :( How many times do I have to receive a wrong medal???
I finished with 0:58 on the 400m, and 1:29 on the 600m.

Results here.

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