Xénia Krizsán, who has been struggling with an injury this year, finished fourth in the women’s heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, achieving the best position of her life. Krizsá was already a World Cup silver medalist among the U20s (2012), but his current performance exceeded all expectations.
The 30-year-old Krizsán was the first competitor on Saturday morning, and he was the first to hear the rhyme “ria, ria, Hungária” at the National Athletic Center, which, according to his own admission, almost made him cry. On Saturday, he said he wanted to be in the top eight before the final race, the 800 meters.
This plan succeeded, he was waiting for the last run from the seventh place. “It’s likely that everyone will be fighting for their lives to get ahead, so will I be. We’ll see what this will be enough for, but I’m really trying everything, I want to give something to the domestic audience. I want to get some good moments,” he said before the last run.
Photo: Melegh Noémi Napsugár
He fell short of his personal best at eight hundred, but his performance was good for fourth place. He was first announced in third place in the stadium, there was a huge cheer, but he ended up missing out on the bronze medal after the modified order.
He collected 6,479 points, 22 points short of third place.
Olympic silver medalist Anouk Vetter won the bronze medal with 6501 points. The victory was earned by the British Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who was second in the eight hundred and first in the two hundred. The other Hungarian in the race, Rita Nemes, finished in tenth place.
The numbers of the heptathlon in order: 100 hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 meters, long jump, javelin throw, 800 meters.
Krizsán finished third in the long jump and javelin throw, as well as in the 800 meters. Considering that this was his first full race this year, he achieved a great result. His personal best is 6,651 points, which he will be able to approach at next year’s Olympics. By the way, it finished in 13th place in Tokyo.
Krizsán and Nemes in front of the audience – Photo: Melegh Noémi Napsugár
The entire chronicle includes the fact that American Taliyah Brooks, the leader in the competition, entered three times and was eliminated.
2023-08-20 16:28:15
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