Jan Zelezny at Golden Spike Ostrava (© Ceska sportovní)
Legendary javelin thrower Jan Zelezny was in good form this weekend and also took time to announce that he will be running for the position of Czech Olympic Committee President.
Zelezny competed on Sunday at Slovakian EAA Meeting in Dubnica and won with 79.55 in his only fourth competition of the year beating Vadim Vasilevskis of Latvia, the Olympic silver medallist.
"It was pity the runway was too short, it cost maybe 5 or 6 metres. I could not have my full run-up. That means I still feel good shape,“ he said.
He had a comfortable win over Vasilevskis by 2 metres, who was also in good shape as the day before the Latvian had thrown 83.56 in Banska Bystrica. In that meet, the second placed thrower was Tomas Intas from Lithuania who achieved a national record of 82.94m.
The Athletics bridge a format of two EAA Meetings in two days proved to be an interesting concept. Nine athletes won on both days and so were entitled to get a share of 1222 euro from the total 11,000 euro jackpot.
As to the national sport politics, Zelezny also began his bid to become NOC President.The elections are planned for 11 January 2005.
Three time Olympic champion and three time World champion sees his future in sports diplomacy. During the Olympic Games in Athens he was again elected as member of IOC Athletes Commission with the second highest score. That means he is now also IOC Member.
"It depends how the January votes will finish. After that I will decide about my javelin career. There are more possibilities. In case I will not succeed I think I could be still able to throw at some meetings. If yes, maybe the Ostrava Super Grand Prix Golden Spike on June 9 will be my farewell competition,“ explained Zelezny.
His reasons why he decided to try for high official position are clear.
"I have received a lot from sports and athletics, now it s time to give something back. I want to help the athletes and the whole sports movement in our country.“
Current president Milan Jirasek said for the moment that he will bid again too.
Top results
Banska Bystrica, Sep 11
Jackpot events -
Men
200 m (-0.6): 1. Rae Edwards,USA 21.15, 2. Geza Pauer,HUN 21.47, 3. Roland Nemeth,HUN 21.50
400 m: 1. Piotr Rysiukiewicz,POL 46.79
800 m: 1. Christian Niederberger, SUI 1:50.87, 2. Jozef Pelikan 1:51.30, 3. Wilson Kirwa,FIN 1:51.53 (injured), 4. Roman Oravec, CZE 1:51.58
3000 m: 1. Wesley Kiprotich,KEN 8:09.38, 2. Pius Muli, KEN 8:10.77
HJ: 1. Jaroslav Baba,CZE 229 (215/1, 223/2, 229/3), 2. Jamie Nieto,USA 226, 3. Oskari Frosen,FIN 226, 4. Marko Alekseyev,EST 220
SP: 1. Janus Robberts,RSA 20.58, 2. Mikulas Konopka 19.93, 3. Petr Stehlik,CZE 19.31
JT: 1. Vadim Vasilevskis,LAT 83.56, 2. Tomas Intas,LTU 82.94 NR, 3. Ainars Kovals,LAT 78.38, 4. Marian Bokor 75.51
HT: 1. Krisztián Pars,HUN 79.05, 2. Libor Charfreitag 76.58, 3. Artem Rubanko,UKR 74.60, 4. Miloslav Konopka 73.96, 5. Vladimir Maska, CZE 70.85
Women
200 m (-0.8): 1. Natalia Pigida,UKR 23.71, 2. Yekaterina Kondratyeva,RUS 24.05, 3. Olga Mishchenko,UKR 24.49
800 m: 1. Agnes Samaria, NAM 2:03.44, 2. Lucia Klocova 2:03.50, 3. Brigita Langerholc,SLO 2:06.37, 4. Elena Iagar,ROM 2:06.85, 5. Andrea Suldesova,CZE 2:06.87, 6. Aneta Lemiesz,POL 2:07.41
TJ: 1. Sarka Kasparkova,CZE 14.07 (+0.9), 2. Oksana Rogova,RUS 13.75 (+0.4), 3. Dana Veldakova,SVK 13.63 (+0.5), 4. Alexandra Stadnyik,UKR 13.55 (+1.8), 5. Viktoria Molchanova,UKR 13.51 (+0.6), 6. Cristina Nicolau,ROM 13.22 (0.0), 7. Irina Beskrovnaja 13.21 (+0.3), 8. Livia Pruteanu,ROM 13.06 (+0.2)
Other events:
Men
TJ: 1. Dmitriy Valyukevich,BLR 16.49 (0.0)
10 000 m walk (track): 1. Matej Toth 40:19.53, 2. Silviu Casandra,ROM 40:27.00, 3. Zdeno Babik 41:13.59, 4. Bogdan Mazilu,ROM 41:15.90, 5. Peter Korcok 41:19.12, 6. Milos Holusa,CZE 41:47.72, 7. Radovan Elko 41:56.51, 8. Anton Kucmin 42:19.06, 9. Daniel Andrei,ROM 42:23.81, 10. Cirian Deac,ROM 43:07.97, 11. Costica Balan,ROM 43:31.92, 12. Kazimir Verkin 43:36.37, 13. Ondrej Kocur 44:36.96,...16. Jakub Hudak (87) 47:03.54
Women
100H (-1.4): 1. Livia Pruteanu,ROM 14.58
LJ: 1. Jana Veldakova 625 (+0.4), 2. Angelica Badea,ROM 615 (+0.1)
HT: 1. Monika Kralovenska 56.86, 2. Nikola Lomnicka (88) 50.53
5000 m walk (track): 1. Zuzana Malikova 21:48.75 NR, 2. Viorica Budileanu, ROM 21:50.55, 3. Alina Olaru, ROM 22:34.02
Dubnica, Sep 12
Jackpot events
Men
100 m (+0.1): 1. Edwards 10.39, 2. Nemeth 10.54, 3. Pauer 10.65
400 m: 1. Rysiukiewicz 47.13
800 m: 1. Niederberger 1:51.47, 2. Pelikan 1:51.99
5000 m: 1. Kiprotich 14:19.34, 2. Muli 14:21.09
HJ: 1. Nieto 226 (215/1, 220/3, 226/1, 231/xxx), 2. Frosen 220, 3. Alekseyev 220
SP: 1. Robberts 20.91 (19.75-20.69-20.29-20.91-x-20.42), 2. Konopka 19.95, 3. Stehlik 19.21
HT: 1. Pars 77.99, 2. Charfreitag 77.68, 3. Konopka 75.18, 4. Lingua, ITA 74.78, 5. Rubanko 73.67, 6. Maska 70.74
JT: 1. Zelezny,CZE 79.55, 2. Vasilevskis 77.89, 3. Bartha,ROM 76.97, 4. Bokor 76.87, 5. Intas 74.53, 6. Kovals 73.94
Women
100 m (-3.0): 1. Pigida 11.83, 2. Kondratyeva 11.97
800 m: 1. Samaria 2:04.95, 2. Klocova 2:06.01, 3. Iagar 2:07.52, 4. Suldesova 2:08.55
TJ: 1. Kasparkova 13.82 (-0.7), 2. Rogova 13.67 (0.0), 3. Stadnyik 13.54 (0.0), 4. D. Veldakova 13.37 (-0.4), 5. Molchanova 13.23 (-0.6), 6. Beskrovnaja 13.13 (0.0)
Nine athletes won at both meetings (Edwards, Rysiukiewicz, Niederberger, Kiprotich, Robberts, Pars, Pigida, Samaria, Kasparkova) and so got the part of 11 000 E jackpot (1222).
Other events:
Men
110H (-0.6): 1. Mihailescu,ROM 14.09
LJ: 1. Valyukevich,BLR 750 (+1.6)
DT: 1. Primc,SLO 56.17
Women
3000SC: 1. Casandra,ROM 9:53.47
HT: 1. Kralovenska 57.73
LJ: 1. Molchanova,UKR 641 (+2.4, 624 +2.0), 2. J. Veldakova 608 (+0.7)
