Every year, not only the best athletes, but also a number of sports legends, especially athletic ones, come to Hustopeče. Medallists from the Olympic Games, World Championships or European Championships will shake hands here. And who can we look forward to this year?
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The Hustopečské Skákání Agrotec 2024 is a highly recognized meeting in the entire athletics world, and is looked forward to by all athletics fans literally all over the world. The live stream from the Hustopeče Municipal Hall will therefore be broadcast live for the first time via the European Athletics Association's Internet TV and will be...
Thanks to the classification as a silver event on the World Indoor Tour, Hustopeče will also have the opportunity to gain more important points in the world rankings. And not only that. The athletes can also meet the limits for the top events of the year: the Indoor World Championships in Glasgow (234 cm for men and 198 cm for...
The women's category in Hustopeče is again announced as the Milena Rezkova-Hübnerova Memorial in memory of our Olympic high jump winner from Mexico 1968. This year's starting field lacks a clear favourite, so we can look forward to an equal fight for the championship, spiced up by the triple Czech participation.
The star line-up of men is led by Korean WOO
The start list of the men's competition includes 9 athletes from the top 20 of the world ranking. The biggest favorite is the world number four, world indoor champion and silver medalist from the outdoor championships, Korean representative Sanghyeok Woo. This ever-smiling athlete won in his first start in Hustopeče in 2022 with a performance of...
For the twenty-fourth time, the world's high jumping elite are traveling to South Moravia for the Hustopečské Skákání Agrotec 2024, the silver event of the World Indoor Tour, to watch a great sports show in the Municipal Sports Hall. The organizers have closed the start list in both main categories and revealed that competitors from 22 countries...
World stars will be followed by the youth
The main programme will be preceded on Saturday by the traditional junior category competitions and the B-race for women and men. These competitions are also with international participation, when the spectators will cheer not only Czech and Slovak competitors, but also high jumpers from the UK, Ireland, Austria, Hungary and other countries.
The best competitors from the Czech Republic will also take part in both elite categories. In the men's category, Jan Štefela, currently the best Czech high jumper, will face the world elite. The European U22 champion from Tallinn 2021 and three-time national champion can claim a personal best of 224 cm, which he achieved two years ago in...
Hustopeče will see last year's women's final
The main star of the women's competition this year will be world number three Iryna Geraschenko from Ukraine, who holds a personal best of 200 cm. Iryna knows Hustopeče well from her previous competitions and can boast a 4th place at the 2022 World Championships and the 2021 Olympic Games. At last year's World Championships in Budapest, this...
After last year's enforced absence, the 2022 winner, world number four, world indoor champion and silver medallist from the outdoor championships, Korean representative Sanghyeok Woo, returns to Hustopeče. This charming and ever smiling athlete won the year before last in Hustopeče with 236 cm, which is his absolute best and also that year's...
For the twenty-fourth time, the world's best high jump competitors will come to Hustopeče for the local international meeting Hustopečské Skákání Agrotec 2024. This year, the organizers have moved the date of the competition a full week later, and believe that the competitors will be in fine-tuned form before the indoor peak of the season, which is...
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- Hustopečské Listy 11/2022 (str. 24)