David Storl to lead the Shot put showdown at the Europa Halle – 2012 IAAF Indoor Permit
David Storl, the 21-year-old Shot Putter from Germany, has decided to participate in the Europa Halle for the IHM Karlsruhe. The Europa Hall, which is to observe the third edition of the IAAF Indoor Permit next year, is planned to commence on Sunday, February
12.
Storl, the gold medal winner of the World Youth Championships and the World Junior Championships, boasts of bagging the world junior record for throwing a 6kg shot put to 22.73m.
For the senior level competitions, the German athlete holds a personal best of 21.78m. He is also a silver medal winner of the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
This year, while participating in the World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, Storl earned a gold medal.
For the young athlete, winning the heated event at Daegu was a success beyond expectations. Thus, now, his participation in the Europa Halle is expected to make headlines in the local media. In the German athlete’s own words, “The media interest has become
very big”.
The popularity of the emerging athlete was observed yesterday when the opening press conference of the Karlsruhe meeting witnessed Storl prevailing as a major attraction for the media personnel.
Commenting on the special attention being paid to him by both the press and electronic media, Storl said that he was happy about the spotlight due for his showdown.
He said that his spectators will certainly enjoy his performance as a stiff competition was promised.
The environment at Karlsruhe also shows that fans and spectators are looking forward to Storl’s performance.
The shot put performance in 2010 observed in the German Indoor Championships also witnessed a similar enthusiasm and a warm welcome from the media personnel.
Commenting on last year’s event, which observed Storl finishing for a second position on the podium, the shot putter said, “The enthusiasm swept over me in the hall. It was absolutely a positive experience”.
Besides shot put competitions, other athletics disciplines to be contested at the Europa Halle will be: 60m, 400m, 1500m and 3000m. On the women’s side, the contests will cover: 60m, 60m hurdles, 1500m, 3000m, pole vault and high jump contests.
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