![]() The meet is certainly off to a great start, it should be great day tomorrow." Our throwing field is world-renowned as being one on the best, and it certainly lived up to that today. "The American record by Olympic Gold Medalist Valarie Allman in the discus was really historic and inspiring. Senior Crystal Diei was the first Triton to compete on Friday, finishing ninth in the women's hammer throw with a mark of 163' 5".Ī post shared by UC San Diego Track & Field athletes certainly had a great day, with UC San Diego all-time performances by Julia Di Silvestri in the pole vault and Sarah Perkins in the discus," Co-Head Coach Tony Salerno said. Her mark of 146' 7" stands as the tenth best in Triton history. Allman, along with three other Olympians, plus British and Canadian national discus champs, competed in the invitational division. Redshirt junior thrower Sarah Perkins also set a new personal best, finishing sixth in the open division of the women's discus. Di Silvestri's fellow vaulters, junior Naomi Chin and sophomore Sky Kezmoh, finished fourth and seventh, respectively. She cleared 11' 11.75", finishing second overall and solidifying her spot at number eight on the Tritons' all-time pole vault list. Valarie Allman, the reigning Olympic gold medalist, broke her own record in the women's discus throw at the Triton Invitational on Friday, setting the new top mark at 71.46 meters (234' 5").įive UC San Diego athletes were in action across Friday's four events, and all five earned top-ten finishes, highlighted by freshman Julia Di Silvestri's new personal best in the women's pole vault. UC San Diego's Triton Track & Field Stadium is home to a brand-new American discus record. Great Soviet Encyclopedia.LA JOLLA, Calif. ^ Tamara Press in evacuation lists (1942).^ Olympic Gender Drama-The Press Sisters.^ "Switch hitter: If a man has a sex change can he compete in the Olympics as a woman?".^ "Jewish Girl, Winner of Olympic Gold Medal, Decorated in Moscow".Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. "Tamara Press, Olympian Whose Feats Raised Questions, Dies at 83". ![]() She was awarded the Order of Lenin (1960), Order of the Badge of Honour (1964) and Order of Friendship (1997). She wrote several books on sport, social and economical subjects. In retirement, Press worked as an athletics coach and official in Moscow. In 1942 wartime Soviet evacuation records (at age 5) Tamara Press is documented as a girl. They retired in 1966, just before sex verification became mandatory on location. She subsequently won four Olympic medals, three of them gold.īoth sisters were accused of being either secretly male or intersex. Next year, she was shortlisted for the Olympic team, but was cut due to a strong domestic competition in the throwing events. In 1955, Press moved to Leningrad to train under the renowned coach Viktor Alekseyev. Her father died fighting in World War II in 1942, while her mother took the daughters to Samarkand, where they started training in athletics. Tamara Press was born to parents in Kharkov. Her younger sister Irina Press was also a prominent track athlete, mostly in the sprint events. Domestically, she held 16 national titles, nine in the shot put (1958–66) and seven in the discus (1960–66). Between 19, she set 11 world records: five in the shot put and six in the discus. She won three gold medals and one silver medal at the 19 Olympics and three European titles in 1958–1962. Tamara Natanovna Press ( – 26 April 2021) was a Russian athlete who dominated the shot put and discus throw in the early 1960s.
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