Posted on 07/12/2016 da Andrea Benatti in International Athletics, Athletic results // No commentHAMILTON (New Zealand) - one of the happiest nations after the Olympics from the point of view of the Atlantic (with an incredible score of 4 medals) does not stop producing wonders despite the fact that the country is demographically one-thirteenth of ours.We had written a few days ago about the star Olivia McTaggart (national U17 record, improving the record of the very fresh Olympic medalist Eliza McCartney) and now Ryan Ballantyne ends up under the bull's eye on the stage.Ballantyne, born in January 1999, shot at 21.66 with the 5 kg in the U18 race.The world record at full age (17 years) is however of his compatriot Jacko Gill, with a hyperbolic and inhuman 24.45.In the meantime, Ballantyne can be satisfied with the best U18 world performance of the year, which is certainly a good business card.Ryan will soon leave Te Awamutu, in northern New Zealand, to train in Christchurch, together with coach Dale Stevenson, the same coach as Tom Walsh.Just Tom has exploded in the last two seasons reaching the Olympic bronze medal, as well as the continental record with 22.21.The sign of a tradition born with Valeri Adams, and which is now producing absolute talents.Ballantyne, among other things, threw more than a meter compared to the best performance of Walsh himself at the same age: it is only a perspective vision, but it is certainly inevitable to think that there is the makings of a champion.Copyright © 2022 |Gamefox News All rights reserved |VAT number 02239830223