Athletics 2023 Discussion Thread

[Biathlonfan 794]

Big beard in the shot put

[Biathlonfan 794]

21.21 for Bertemes in the shot put

[Biathlonfan 794]

Kokoshko and Weir with 20.99 and 20.98 so far

[Biathlonfan 794]

Kokoshko goes 21.52

Edited March 12, 2023 by Biathlonfan

[Grassmarket 4,062]

Just a reminder that the international left is determined to destroy women’s sports unless the Governing Bodies take decisive action, like World Aquatics have done.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11864437/Transgender-girl-helped-high-schools-track-field-team-secure-state-victory.html

[heywoodu 16,016]

22 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Just a reminder that the international left is determined to destroy women’s sports unless the Governing Bodies take decisive action, like World Aquatics have done.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11864437/Transgender-girl-helped-high-schools-track-field-team-secure-state-victory.html

'Determined to destroy women's sports', lol.

[heywoodu 16,016]

Meanwhile, back in the real world, the most insane running event in the world has happened this week. The infamous Barkley Marathons, where nobody knows exactly when it'll start, the athletes hunt for pages in books, the race consists of 5 laps for which you've got an average of 12 hours per lap and which, in more than three decades, only 15 people had ever even finished. With finishing being the goal, not 'winning'.

 

It's been a few incredible days, with four people (!) entering the 5th and final loop and a historical day...three of them finished!

 

Aurélien Sanchez  finished overnight in 58 hours and 23 minutes, followed by John Kelly  roughly 20 minutes later (until last night, Kelly was the last finisher, when he got there in 2017).

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

Belgian ultrarunning legend Karel Sabbe, who holds all kinds of insane records, finished in his second attempt with 6,5 minutes left on the clock!

 

Spoiler

 

 

For those who aren't aware of the Barkley, read about it, to grasp how insane the act of finishing the race even is. Just....RIP to everyone who's invited to compete next year (roughly 40 well-known and very much proven endurance/trail runnners), because the organizer makes the course a bit harder every time there's a finisher, since apparently it was too easy. Let alone the year after a triple finish, that hasn't happened before...

Edited March 17, 2023 by heywoodu

[Biathlonfan 794]

so a scavanger hunt and not athletics basically,got it,doesn't really sound like ''real world'' but whatever you say man 

[Grassmarket 4,062]

1 hour ago, Biathlonfan said:

so a scavanger hunt and not athletics basically,got it,doesn't really sound like ''real world'' but whatever you say man 

Modern athletics began, partly, with these kind of eccentric British hare & hounds races in 19th Century, (combined with much drinking & betting) so I don’t disrespect them.  Wouldn’t be queuing up to watch the live stream though.

Edited March 18, 2023 by Grassmarket

[Biathlonfan 794]

21 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Modern athletics began, partly, with these kind of eccentric British hare & hounds races in 19th Century, (combined with much drinking & betting) so I don’t disrespect them.  Wouldn’t be queuing up to watch the live stream though.

I mostly responded since he decided to laugh at your previous post,and then claimed that this is somehow ''very important real world news'',no real disrespect towards the event.