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Post by irac on Aug 23, 2008 13:29:32 GMT 1
With 5 other jumpers left and all the other top stars in poor form, it looks like the World's leader, Blanka Vlasic, is going to win gold. Right now she has a medal. Slesarenko is barely jumping, Palamar has been shaky and the rest are not in nearly as good form as the Split girl. Over 2m it's going to be Croatian gold. But while it seems very straightforward and easy for her, you never know! She has a way of exploding and could end up without a medal. But with all the money belatedly pouring into her campaign she'd better perform or she'll be dropped.
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Post by irac on Aug 23, 2008 14:00:41 GMT 1
Croatia have at least a bronze, Slesarenko collapsed, now it's 2.05m, only one winner.
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Post by irac on Aug 23, 2008 14:04:27 GMT 1
jaysus the belgian schoolgirl went over first time. It's 2.07m or Blanka settles for silver.
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Post by irac on Aug 23, 2008 14:05:37 GMT 1
Now she's blowing up, my buddy Bojan is trying to get her to think properly, Blanka wants to skip her next try and go to 2.07m. But she jumps 2.05
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Post by irac on Aug 23, 2008 14:11:23 GMT 1
silver secured
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Post by irac on Aug 23, 2008 14:15:12 GMT 1
Meanwhile the beneficiary of very strange judging james Degale is closing on another UK GOld.
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Post by irac on Aug 23, 2008 14:24:34 GMT 1
Blanka misses this one and she's out, gets it and the Belgian has to jump higher or loses
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Post by irac on Aug 23, 2008 14:25:05 GMT 1
no, she's 2nd place, well done!
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Post by Ribaric on Aug 23, 2008 16:23:53 GMT 1
What a shame. Blanka messed up one single jump but it was the wrong one to miss. The Belgian lass had missed out 2 or 3 times earlier in the competition but when she saw that opportunity she pulled out the big jump at the perfect time. It's almost as though the rules conspired against Blanka - she cleared the same height as the Belgian and missed out only once. Despite that, she hit the bar at just the wrong time and that, as they say, was that.
She got an olympic silver but I'm sure she'll be disappointed.
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