Kirchler's European Championship goal is to reach the final

Hannes Kirchler is an experienced athlete who has already taken part in the Summer Olympics and World Championships during his career. The Merano native was now able to qualify for a European Championship for the second time. He celebrated his European Championship debut in Gothenburg in 2006, when South Tyrol sent a record seven athletes into the race. Kirchler's goal in Zurich is to reach the final. “This is not a dream, but a realistic goal. If I manage a distance of between 62 and 63 meters, which I have already achieved several times this year, then I will be in the final,” the Merano native was quoted as saying in the daily newspaper “Dolomiten” on Monday. It would be the first final qualification for the Passerstadt native, who has always been eliminated from qualifying in the past. Kirchler even has the confidence to surpass his personal best of 65,01 meters in Zurich.

Kirchler prepared in Germany with Robert Hartingh The 1,93 meter tall and 116 kilogram model athlete prepared for the European Championships in Kienbaum in a federal performance center of the German association near Berlin. There he also trained with his good friend, the reigning Olympic and world champion Robert Harting, and got valuable tips. Hannes Kirchler will be in action in the preliminary fight this Tuesday afternoon at 17.15:64 p.m. He has to throw 12m to qualify for the final, otherwise he needs to place among the top 30 throwers. A total of 23 discus aces will be at the start. Kirchler has the 17.15rd width. Italy sends Kirchler (18.15:13 p.m., Group A with Harting) and Giovanni Faloci (XNUMX:XNUMX p.m., Group B) to the Remnen. Should he qualify for the final, he will be there on Wednesday, August XNUMXth, when the fight for precious metal takes place in Letzigrund. A European Championship medal is a utopia for the local discus thrower - but even reaching the final would be considered a great success for the seven-time Italian champion (+ two winter Italian champion titles).

Start list discus men (30 of 12 athletes make it to the final) Group A Virgilijus Alekna (LIT) 73.88 (personal best) - 65.76 (annual best) Gerd Kanter (EST) 73.38 (PB) - 66.02 (SB) Robert Harting (GER) 70.66 (PB) - 68.47 (SB) Zoltán Kovágó (HUN) 69.95 (PB) - 65.82 (SB) Frank Casañas (ESP) 67.91 (PB) - 65.48 (SB) Roland Varga (CRO) 67.38 (PB) - 63.43 (SB) Erik Cadèe (NED) 67.30 (PB) - 65.24 (SB) Robert Urbanek (POL) 66.93 (PB) - 65.75 (SB) Daniel Stahl (SWE) 66.89 (PB) - 66.89 (SB) Apostolos Parellis (CYP) 65.36 (PB) - 63.89 (SB) Gerhard Mayer (AUT) 65.24 (PB) - 61.45 (SB) Hannes Kirchler (ITA/Meran) 65.01 (PB) - 63.33 (SB) Danijel Furtula (MNE) 64.60 (PB) - 62.19 (SB) Yeóryios Tremos (GRE) 63.00 (PB) - 63.00 (SB) Gleb Sidorchenko (RUS) 62.55 (PB) - 62.47 (SB)

Group B Piotr Malachowski (POL) 71.84 (PB) - 69.28 (SB) Mario Pestano (ESP) 69.50 (PB) - 65.74 (SB) Martin Wierig (GER) 68.33 (PB) - 66.59 (SB) Market Israel (EST) 66.98 (PB) - 64.40 (SB) Niklas Arrhenius (SWE) 66.22 (PB) - 62.83 (SB) Andrius Gudžius (LIT) 66.11 (PB) - 66.11 (SB) Philip Milanov (BEL) 66.02 (PB) - 66.02 (SB) Daniel Jasinski (GER) 65.98 (PB) - 65.98 (SB) Viktor Butenko (RUS) 65.97 (PB) - 65.89 (SB) Oleksiy Semenov (UKR) 65.96 (PB) - 64.44 (SB) Martin Kupper (EST) 65.03 (PB) - 63.33 (SB) Giovanni Faloci (ITA) 64.77 (PB) - 62.07 (SB) Aleksas Abromavicius (LIT) 63.32 (PB) - 62.58 (SB) Róbert Szikszai (HUN) 63.20 (PB) - 63.20 (SB) Axel Hästedt (SWE) 62.43 (PB) - 62.43 (SB)

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Kirchler's European Championship goal is to reach the final

Only one South Tyrolean has secured a ticket for the European Athletics Championships in Zurich. It's discus thrower Hannes Kirchler, who is making his first appearance this Tuesday, on the first day of the competition, and wants to qualify for the final.

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