Athletics 2022 Discussion Thread

[Belle 986]

6.19 NEW WORLD RECORD IN POLE VAULT!!!!

 

Mondo Duplantis did it in Serbia. 

 

 

[FireRun 197]

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs DSQ for false start. It happens to the best of them. 

[phelps 7,864]

  On 3/7/2022 at 7:01 PM, FireRun said:

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs DSQ for false start. It happens to the best of them. 

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according to the Italian press, it wasn't a false start at all...and even the audience present at the hall did blow a lot of whistles against the judges...

 

by the way, in the same meet in Belgrade, Nick Ponzio won the men's Shot Put with the new Italian record of 21.61m and Zeynab Dosso won the women's 60m in 7.21 secs...

 

so, some good results for Italy, too...

 

but the star of the night was of course  Armand "Mondo" Duplantis, who won the men's Pole Vault with the new Indoor World Record of 6.19m... 

[Grassmarket 3,630]

  On 3/7/2022 at 7:01 PM, FireRun said:

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs DSQ for false start. It happens to the best of them. 

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Usually in these commercial meets the judges find an equipment fault when the superstar’s lane number comes up.

[OlympicIRL 5,543]

17 years old Nick Griggs just ran a 3:56 mile indoors

 

It's a Euro U20 record. He also won European U20 gold last year over 3000m at the age of 16. Crazy to think we could finally have another potential track star from Ireland after so many years.

 

https://twitter.com/Cathal_Dennehy/status/1502042251861676037?s=20&t=5RiUnMwLMLzblFj3jSGusAhttps://twitter.com/Cathal_Dennehy/status/1502042251861676037?s=20&t=5RiUnMwLMLzblFj3jSGusA

 

[PHI2019 275]

Singapore bidding to host the 2025 World Athletics Championships 

 

Sport Singapore has officially announced the country’s bid to stage the World Athletics Championships in 2025.

 

The national sports agency has confirmed that Singapore is aiming to become the first Southeast Asian country to host World Athletics’ flagship event.

 

The 2025 edition will also mark Singapore’s 60th year of independence with Sport Singapore claiming it "would be a fitting addition to the nation’s celebrations".

 

Sport Singapore has revealed that it will partner with Singapore-based Malaysian billionaire businessman Ong Beng Seng to help turn its bid into reality.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1120648/singapore-world-athletics-championships

 

[Grassmarket 3,630]

  On 3/17/2022 at 10:00 AM, PHI2019 said:

Singapore bidding to host the 2025 World Athletics Championships 

 

Sport Singapore has officially announced the country’s bid to stage the World Athletics Championships in 2025.

 

The national sports agency has confirmed that Singapore is aiming to become the first Southeast Asian country to host World Athletics’ flagship event.

 

The 2025 edition will also mark Singapore’s 60th year of independence with Sport Singapore claiming it "would be a fitting addition to the nation’s celebrations".

 

Sport Singapore has revealed that it will partner with Singapore-based Malaysian billionaire businessman Ong Beng Seng to help turn its bid into reality.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1120648/singapore-world-athletics-championships

 

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Marathon & walks will have to be at about 02:00 local time.

[Monzanator 4,611]

Singapore bidding for WCH? Another destination for these Kenyan & Ethiopian middle-distance runners to acquire new citizenship?

[Werloc 3,176]

So yeah... Mykolas Alekna threw the discus at 66.70m. He smashed the Lithuanian U20 and U23 records, as well as qualifying for the European and World Championships. 

[intoronto 5,903]

Grant Fisher switches allegiance from to (his country of birth)

 

Surely this is an April Fool's joke, got me!
 

https://athletics.ca/american-distance-star-and-dual-citizen-grant-fisher-to-represent-canada-at-2022-world-championship/