Athletics 2019 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 16,003]

Marius Kipserem wins in a new course record of 2:04.10 (only four seconds behind the course record of rival Amsterdam), Özbilen falls short 15 seconds or so to break Farah's record.

[heywoodu 16,003]

2:06.18 for Abdi Nageeye, destroying his 2017 PB/Dutch record of 2:08.16  

 

Also, Koen Naert of Belgium obliterating his PB by well over two minutes to 2:07.38, only 17 seconds behind the 1995 Belgian record.

Edited April 7, 2019 by heywoodu

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

2:06.18 for Abdi Nageeye, destroying his 2017 PB/Dutch record of 2:08.16  

 

Also, Koen Naert of Belgium obliterating his PB by well over two minutes to 2:07.38, only 17 seconds behind the 1995 Belgian record.

 

Results please?

[Wumo 3,023]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Results please?

Here: 

https://live.sporthive.com/event/5842/Live?chipcode=0000004

 

Or here (but they say Koen Naert is Dutch, so....):

https://www.watchathletics.com/article/10733/results-marathon-rotterdam-2019

 

[Monzanator 4,768]

Gotta love these long-distance records set by Somalian runners. If only the country wasn't so damn poor they'd be right up there with Kenya & Ethiopia.

[heywoodu 16,003]

The Rotterdam Marathon today has claimed the life of one of the (probably) recreational runners

https://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/deelnemer-overleden-na-marathon-rotterdam~aa0508b6/

 

It was around 20 degrees and sunny, the warmest day of the year, which impacted quite a lot of people.

[phelps 8,281]

I just can't stop asking myself who's the genius that decided to schedule both Milan and Rome's Marathon on the same exact day?...

 

by the way, this was a problem only for the tv networks, not certainly for the organizers to have a decent lineup, as in both races the course records fell one after the other...

 

in Milan, it was a well expected Kenian festival: Titus Ekiru won the men's event in 2h04m46s ahead of Evans Chebet (2h07m22s) and Edwin Koech (2h08m24s)...

meanwhile, the women's race was won by Vivian Kiplagat in 2h22m25s, with no other girl running under the 2h30min mark...

both times are also the new All-Comers Records for the Italian territory...

 

in Rome, instead, it was Ethiopia to grab all the honours: the men's race went to Zawude Heyi (2h08m37s, the only competition between Milan and Rome that didn't break the course record), while the women's event was won by Alemu Megertu in 2h22m52s...

[Gianlu33 5,276]

Finally some nice result's from the Crimson Tide International, an NCAA event. In the men's 800m Marco Arop won with a nice 1:45.50

[Dunadan 1,103]

19 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Finally some nice result's from the Crimson Tide International, an NCAA event. In the men's 800m Marco Arop won with a nice 1:45.50

Arop was born in Sudan but he is Canadian.

[Dragon 2,026]