TNT – Fortuna Meeting

The TNT - Fortuna Meeting is an annual track and field combined events meeting which takes place at Sletiště Stadium in Kladno, Czech Republic in mid-June. The event, which features a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon, attracted an audience of 5000 in its inaugural edition in 2007 and saw world record holder Roman Šebrle win the men's competition with a total of 8697 points – the best decathlon performance that year.[1][2] In 2010 the meeting was given IAAF World Combined Events Challenge status by the International Association of Athletics Federations.[3]

The meeting director is Zdeněk Lubenský, a former Czech pole vaulter.[4] A junior decathlon competition was introduced in 2010 and it was won by Czech athlete Adam Sebastian Helcelet.[5]

Contents

Editions

Edition Year Dates Athletes Attendance
1st 2007 19 & 20 June
2nd 2008 18 & 19 June
3rd 2009 23 & 24 June
4th 2010 15 & 16 June
5th 2011 15 & 16 June

Past medallists

  The meet record is highlighted in yellow

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007  Roman Šebrle (CZE) 8697  Dmitriy Karpov (UKR) 8553  Romain Barras (FRA) 8298
2008  Maurice Smith (JAM) 8434  Roman Šebrle (CZE) 8076  Roland Schwarzl (AUT) 7787
2009  Maurice Smith (JAM) 8157  Roman Šebrle (CZE) 8058  Dmitriy Karpov (UKR) 8029
2010  Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) 8381  Aleksey Drozdov (RUS) 8246  Jamie Adjetey-Nelson (CAN) 8239
2011  Leonel Suárez (CUB) 8231  Hans van Alphen (BEL) 8120  Willem Coertzen (RSA) 8094

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007  Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR) 6354  Karolina Tymińska (POL) 6199  Lyudmyla Yosypenko (UKR) 5875
2008  Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR) 6421  Karolina Tymińska (POL) 6215  Denisa Rosolová (CZE) 6104
2009  Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) 6249  Yuliya Tarasova (UZB) 5916  Helga Margrét Thorsteinsdóttir (ISL) 5878
2010  Eliška Klučinová (CZE) 6268  Marina Goncharova (RUS) 6182  Lyudmyla Yosypenko (UKR) 6142
2011  Tatyana Chernova (RUS) 6773  Karolina Tyminska (POL) 6516  Aiga Grabuste (LAT) 6252

References

  1. ^ Lubenský, Zdenek (2007-06-21). Sebrle is back on top of the world with an 8697pts score. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-18.
  2. ^ Decathlon 2007. IAAF (2008-02-19). Retrieved on 2010-06-18.
  3. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2010-05-04). IAAF Combined Events Challenge - a brief look back. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-18.
  4. ^ Juck, Alfons & Ramsak, Bob (2010-03-18). Clay confirmed for Kladno - IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-18.
  5. ^ Gordon, Ed (2010-06-16). Kasyanov and Klucinova take Kladno titles – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-18.

External links

IAAF World Challenges
Combined Events
Race Walking
Meetings
Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica • Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni • IAAF World Race Walking Cup • Na Rynek Marsz! • Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña • IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final
Years
2010 • 2011
Hammer Throw