Daniel Ståhl threw himself into an Olympic final with a throw of 65.16 meters. It was not over the direct qualification limit, but he finished in eighth place and is now looking forward to the final: “I feel at G”, he says.
Monday morning also offered a discus selection as well Daniel Ståhl in the start list. Daniel has had a season with both successful competitions with long throws and more tentative throwing series. But we know that he is a championship thrower of rank.
To directly qualify for the final, it was necessary to throw 66.00 and the top 12 would advance.
In Daniel’s first throw, he got the discus out 65.16, a throw that could be enough for the final, but he naturally threw further. In the second round, there was a less successful throw and the discus dropped to 63.36. He did not manage to improve the result in the last round either, but the throw was measured at 63.98.
After the first group had finished throwing, Daniel was sixth in his qualifying group and there was a nervous wait for the second qualifying group to see if it would be enough to advance to the finals.
– I feel at G, it felt good. The first one felt like I was throwing my arm and then I wanted to feel it in the other two. I think this will be enough for the final. There are seven men who have to beat me, so we just have to wait and see, says Daniel Ståhl to Max after the qualifier.
In the second qualifying group, there were two who threw further than Daniel, who ended up eighth in the qualification. To get to the final, 62.88 was required.
In any case, Daniel had nothing bad to say about the Olympic atmosphere in Paris:
– It was magical, it’s the coolest arena I’ve been to so far, says Daniel, who predicts that 69 meters will be required for bronze and intends to charge with the barbell:
– I’m going to the gym now, I’m going to do some deadlifts and then eat and rest and hang out with the gang.
The discus final takes place on Wednesday evening at 20.25.
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