IWC Madrid, Spain

  Today’s meet was interesting to say the least.  The women’s discus got started about 30 min late because the men’s hammer went long.  But we got about 15 min of warm up and there was a dark cloud moving our way.  We thought we might be able to finish before the rain came, but that didn’t happen.  By round 2 the thunder and lighting were on us.  We ran for cover there were about 50 of us cramped in a little holding cell.  Here is a picture of the room empty,  Imagine it full…After standing in this room for about 30 min or more they took us out to the track and resumed the meet, with no warm ups.  After the 3rd round was finished I asked can we stop until the lighting stops re-warmup maybe 2 throws and then finish with the final 3 attempts.  But the head referee didn’t want to make any accommodations for the weather and we threw in a lighting storm.  I don’t know about you?  But I have a problem throwing metal objects in lighting…  Anyways it was hard to find the rhythm after all that.  I did manage to throw a long throw in the 5th round about 63 meters and it was inches out of left sector.  Check the video in the side bar and notice all the water in the ring. I finished 7th with a throw of 55.47 meters, pretty much a career low today… Up next Lausanne, Switzerland July 8th. For full results click here or in english here A few pictures from the meet