The fifty-eighth edition of the international athletics meeting P-T-S in Banská Bystrica’s Štiavničky on Thursday received a remarkable score of 83,303 points in the quality evaluation, setting a record since the event’s revival in 2016. The previous highest score was 82,667 points in 2021, so this year’s event improved by an impressive 636 points. The most outstanding discipline was the men’s 400m hurdles, producing the highest performance with a time of 47.26 seconds, earning 1,270 points in that discipline.
In the current ranking of athletics meetings, P-T-S holds the 42nd position, with events in Huelva, Spain; Marseille, France; and the Odložil Memorial in Prague ahead of it. While the summer season is still ongoing, achieving the 42nd place among more than 800 evaluated events worldwide is excellent for our most renowned one-day meeting.
The scoring of the event is a combination of two criteria: the first part consists of points for the quality of the starting field, while the second part awards points based on the performances of the top five athletes in the 12 highest-quality disciplines. In the first indicator, this year’s P-T-S meeting in Banská Bystrica received 1,375 points, ranking it 39th, and in the second indicator, it earned 81,928 points, securing the 43rd position.
Points Evaluation of the P-T-S Meeting (2016 – 2023):
2016: 80,895 points – 53rd place
2017: 80,690 points – 57th place
2018: 82,140 points – 45th place
2019: 81,754 points – 51st place
2020: 79,815 points – 18th place
2021: 82,667 points – 48th place
2022: 81,763 points – 55th place
2023: 83,303 points – 42nd place (current)
58th Edition of the P-T-S Meeting in Banská Bystrica in Figures and Facts:
Slovak National Records (2):
- 100m: Viktória Forster (ŠK ŠOG Nitra) 11.26 seconds
- 100m hurdles: Viktória Forster (ŠK ŠOG Nitra) 12.82 seconds (tied record)
Slovak Junior National Record (1):
- 200m: Filip Federič (Naša atletika Bratislava) 20.88 seconds
Meeting Records (3):
- 400m hurdles: Ayomide Folorunsová (Tal.) 54.44 seconds
- 400m hurdles: Kyron McMaster (Brit. Pan. ostr.) 47.26 seconds
- Shot put: Payton Otterdahl (USA) 22.11 meters
SNP Stadium Records in Štiavničky (7):
- 100m: Shashalee Forbes (Jam.) 11.10 seconds
- 400m: Ama Pipiová (V. Brit.) 50.75 seconds
- 100m hurdles: Amber Hughes (USA) 12.68 seconds
- 400m hurdles: Ayomide Folorunsová (Tal.) 54.44 seconds
- 400m: Gilles Biron (Fr.) 45.49 seconds
- 400m hurdles: Kyron McMaster (Brit. Pan. ostr.) 47.26 seconds
- Shot put: Payton Otterdahl (USA) 22.11 meters
Slovak Athletes’ Performances of the Year (7):
Main Program:
- 100m: Viktória Forster (ŠK ŠOG Nitra) 11.26 seconds
- 100m hurdles: Forster (ŠK ŠOG Nitra) 12.82 seconds
- 400m hurdles: Ledecká (ŠK ŠOG Nitra) 57.41 seconds
- 100m: Ján Volko (Naša atletika Bratislava) 10.21 seconds
- 400m: Š. Bujna (ŠK Dukla o. z. Banská Bystrica) 46.54 seconds
- Hammer throw: Lomnický (ŠK Dukla o. z. Banská Bystrica) 72.54 meters
- Javelin throw: Jakub Kubínec (ŠK Dukla o. z. Banská Bystrica) 79.71 meters
National Program:
- 1 mile: Žofia Naňová (Slávia STU Bratislava) 4:44.02 minutes
- 1 mile: Peter Kováč 4:11.0 minutes
Slovak Athletes’ Rankings at P-T-S 2021 (Top 3):
1st place – 100m: Ján Volko (Naša atletika Bratislava) 10.21 seconds
1st place – 200m: Ján Volko (Naša atletika Bratislava) 20.58 seconds
2nd place – 100m hurdles: Viktória Forster (ŠK ŠOG Nitra) 12.82 seconds
2nd place – Javelin throw: Jakub Kubínec (ŠK Dukla o. z. Banská Bystrica) 79.71 meters
3rd place – 100m: Viktória Forster (ŠK ŠOG Nitra) 11.26 seconds
Number of Spectators: Approximately 2,000
Number of Countries Participating (32): Great Britain, USA, Puerto Rico, Czech Republic, Jamaica, Hungary, Austria, Ukraine, Poland, France, Dominican Republic, Lithuania, South Africa, Slovenia, Ethiopia, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Italy, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Croatia, Portugal, Brazil, Germany, Nigeria, Estonia, Greece, Slovakia
Written by GABRIEL BOGDÁNYI
Photo by JÁN SÚKUP