Die Macht » breaking the old mark of heptathlete turned sprinter

RIO DE JANEIRO -- A few notes on Anthony Ervins 50-meter freestyle gold-medal performance:The stats: Ervin became the oldest individual Olympic swimming medalist in history Friday night, 16 years after he and Gary Hall Jr. tied for gold in the 50-meter freestyle at the Sydney Games with identical times of 21.98 seconds. Ervin is the only one still competing.Ervins 2016 time of 21.41 bested silver medalist and 2012 Olympic champion Florent Manaudou of France by 0.01 seconds, but it was slower than Manaudous winning time four years ago (21.34) or that of Brazils Cesar Cielo in 2008 (21.30). The last swimmer to win Olympic medals 16 years apart was Dara Torres of the United States (1984 and 2000).The cheering section: Ervins supporters in the stands included his brother, Derek; his former University of California-Berkeley teammate Evan Lane; his agent, Emily White; and his biographer, Constantine Markides. The swimmer singled out another friend in attendance, Elliot Ptasnik, who let me sleep on his couch [in New York] when I was homeless, Ervin said. Rounding out the group was Ervins former academic adviser at Cal, Derek Van Rheenen, who helped Ervin continue his education and was instrumental in getting the 35-year-old back on track to an eventual gold.After Ervin re-enrolled at Cal in 2010 to finish his undergraduate degree in English, Van Rheenen, who directs a program called cultural studies of sport in education, encouraged Ervin to write an autobiography of his life in sport. Ervin wound up writing 50 pages and told a USA Swimming interviewer the assignment was an immediate catharsis where there was like a bunch of baggage, or a chip on my shoulder I just kind of flicked off. Shortly afterward, he began training seriously for the first time in eight years.Every one of those people that came here was integral to getting me to that moment, said Ervin, who spent several minutes in the stands embracing them before resuming his victory lap on the pool deck.The reveal: In postrace interviews, Ervin told reporters he has a six-week-old daughter who was born during the U.S. Olympic trials, where he qualified for two events in Rio. He declined to identify the mother and did not want the babys name made public. But he did take the opportunity to send her a message via reporters.She hasnt met her father yet, because I was busy doing this, Ervin said. I wanted to tell her that the American dream is for anybody without exception, whether youre a boy or a girl, no matter the shade of your skin, the shape of your eye, with no regard to who you love nor the beliefs you hold that give you peace, and for that matter, where you come from. 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AMSTERDAM -- Kenyan-born teenager Yasemin Can clinched a long-distance double for Turkey at the European Championships on Saturday, dominating the 5,000 meters with spectacular running from the front, much as she had done during the 10,000 three days earlier.Can, 19, was only cleared to run for Turkey in March and made the most of this with a devastating kick after two kilometers -- and never letting up -- to win in a slow 15 minutes, 18.15 seconds, beating defending champion Meraf Bahta of Sweden by 2.39 seconds. She had won the 10,000 in much the same style.Can qualified for both Olympic events but said the daring front-running tactics would change when she faced the best in the world, mostly from her continent of birth.I am not going to run alone there. I will follow someone, Can said.It was the fourth gold for Turkey at the championships, and all won by athletes who were foreign-born. With Russia not competing because of a doping ban, the medal table was bound to look different. But few would have expected Turkey to do this well, especially after finishing the Euros two years ago with a single bronze.In the pole vault, Greeces Ekaterini Stefanidi wiped the championship record of Yelena Isinbayeva off the books by 1 centimeter, clearing 4.81 meters when gold was already assured. The Russian is still trying to make it to the Rio games under a special exemption.ddddddddddddAnouk Vetter gave the Netherlands a third gold medal at the championships with victory in the heptathlon.Vetter dominated the two-day, seven-event competition and won with a national record of 6,626 points, breaking the old mark of heptathlete turned sprinter Dafne Schippers. Antoinette Nana Djimou of France was second.The Dutch 4x100 relay squad kept 100 champion Schippers in the hunt for a second gold when it qualified for Sundays final. Schippers skipped the first round of the relays because of a tight hamstring and is still unsure to run Sundays final. Schippers is a favorite for Olympic gold in the 200 and also stands a good chance in the 100 next month and does not want to endanger her fitness now.Can was not the only 19-year-old to win Saturday. German Max Hess did likewise in the triple jump with a Europe-leading effort of 17.20 meters. Hess already proved his credentials when he took silver at the world indoors in March.In the biggest upset of the evening, double Olympic javelin champion Barbora Spotakova failed to successfully defend her European title and finished fifth, well behind winner Tatsiana Khaladovich, who won with a Belarussian record of 66.34 meters. ' ' '