Athletics 2023 Discussion Thread

[Grassmarket 4,107]

Mire good news on streaming coverage - European Athletics has signed up a whole lot more meets over the summer, including many from the French & German domestic calendar. Full list here.

 

https://www.european-athletics.com/news/european-athletics-to-offer-extensive-streaming-of-world-athletics-continental-tour-events-in-2023-

 

Some are on Facebook -  I refuse to sub to spyware - but others are on YT.  Nordic Championships from Copenhagen this weekend.

Edited May 26, 2023 by Grassmarket

[Grassmarket 4,107]

And of course this is the Gotzis Multi-Events weekend.

 

Usually this stream is not geo-blocked.

 

https://tvthek.orf.at/livestream/LIVE-Mehrkampfmeeting-Goetzis-2023-Tag-1/14229284

[Grassmarket 4,107]

20 hours ago, Cinnamon Bun said:

Ah, for some reason it weren't showing on the general Viaplay schedule. Wish that was the case for the Widnes vs Swinton game too.  

VP often a bit slapdash at keeping their online schedule maintained. It has now appeared live at 21:00 Saturday, then the FTA repeat on Sunday morning.  Can’t help with the RL though!

Edited May 26, 2023 by Grassmarket

[Biathlonfan 802]

Camryn Rogers goes 78.62 for a new Canadian record and is  now 5 best of all time

[Grassmarket 4,107]

Good German meet on FTA tomorrow.  It’s a Pentecost meet, so everyone in the world will see it in their own native language*

 

*Obscure theological joke here.

 

 

Edited May 27, 2023 by Grassmarket

[Josh 11,798]

Damian Warner  leads the decathlon after Day 1 of Hypomeeting Gotzis, with 4531 points. His compatriot Pierce Lepage  sits in second place (4513), while Ashley Moloney  (4497) sits in third place. 

 

Simon Ehammer  after three no marks (XXX) in long jump, has put himself out of contention for the title. He pushed Warner to the title last year, and also ending up setting a new Swiss record in the process. 

 

Meanwhile, in the heptathlon Anna Hall  (4172) is having a exceptional performance (Watch out for her come US Olympic Trials/Paris 2024, she seems to be setting new PB's every time she competes), way ahead of second place Adrianna Sulek  (3936) and Katarina Johnson-Thompson  (3930) in third. 

 

Reigning Olympic silver medalist Anouk Vetter  is currently in seventh (3810). 

Edited May 27, 2023 by Josh

[Josh 11,798]

Ryan Crouser  23.56m men's shot put WR at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix 

Edited May 28, 2023 by Josh

[Werloc 3,191]

Greta Karinauskaitė just ran a 9:26.88 in 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA qualifiers.

 

This is now the new national record, the old one belonged to Rasa Troup in 2008.

 

With this result she qualified to the World Championships and is probably one of the major contenders for the gold at the European u23 championships later this year.

 

She is also now less than four seconds off from the Olympic Qualifying time, so perhaps she'll even reach that this summer? 

 

[Grassmarket 4,107]

11 hours ago, Josh said:

Ryan Crouser  23.56m men's shot put WR at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix 

Funny thing was that there was a backboard where the shot landed & he was almost hitting it! He could have set a massive WR that couldn’t be measured. 

[Grassmarket 4,107]

On 5/25/2023 at 7:56 PM, Grassmarket said:

It’s on Viaplay in 

Very early season form by DuPlantis - cleared 5.91 but failed at 6.01.