Athletics 2023 Discussion Thread

[phelps 8,727]

(s)he was already in Doha's world final, but it looks it was a lot of time ago (and she/he wasn't good enough for the medals, so there was no attention as it will happen this year)

 

however, shitstorm coming in 3, 2, 1...

 

https://www.outsports.com/2023/7/9/23788486/nikki-hiltz-track-1500-meter-nonbinary-runner-usa

 

https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a44201663/nikki-hiltz-first-nonbinary-usatf-champion/

[dullard 744]

They're a female running in the women's category and not a medal contender so there shouldn't be much controversy.

[Makedonas 2,263]

The highlight of Day 2 of the Greek Nationals was Tentoglou's 8.38 EL, which gave him the Olympic qualification. Still, he seemed disappointed because he wanted a bigger jump. There was a decent crowd to watch him though:

 

Also in the men's long jump, 20 yo Stamatonikolos won silver with a PB of 7.86, and 19 yo Chitas was 4th with a PB of 7.50.

 

The other big star of the day was Stefanidi, who won gold with a SB of 4.61. Polak (4.46) and Kyriakopoulou (4.35) were the other medalists, each with SBs as well. They both got important points for Budapest and will hope to repeat that at the Balkan Championships.

 

Kyriazis won the men's javelin with 79.61, and Scarvelis won the women's hammer with 68.83. Both got important ranking points as they try to make it to Budapest. Same with Gnafaki who won the women's 400 hurdles with 56.69.

 

The men's high jump saw Merlos and 18 yo Mita each with 2.19. For Mita, it was a new PB.

 

In the women's long jump, the top 6 all finished above 6m (which is very good for our standards), and the winner was Koreneva with 6.43. Unfortunately, she is still waiting for Greek citizenship despite living here for many years and being married to a Greek.

[FireRun 198]

19 hours ago, EselTheDonkey said:

Long Jump World and Olympic Champion Malaika Mihambo injured herself on the fermur during her fourth attempt at the National Championships in Kassel.  

She jumped 6.93 twice! Looks to be in good form. If it is a femur injury that likely means she's out of the World Championships. 

[EselTheDonkey 838]

1 hour ago, FireRun said:

She jumped 6.93 twice! Looks to be in good form. If it is a femur injury that likely means she's out of the World Championships. 

There is a cautious all-clear. An ultrasound examination did not reveal a tear in the thigh. It could have just been a hardening.

[Josh 13,524]

Link for the European -23 Championships   https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanAthletics

[Grassmarket 4,305]

26 minutes ago, Josh said:

Link for the European -23 Championships   https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanAthletics

This will be for highlights.  For full live coverage it is

 

Eurovision - All Athletics - Championships

 

[Josh 13,524]

15 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

This will be for highlights.  For full live coverage it is

 

Eurovision - All Athletics - Championships

 

Thanks

[El Analyzer 316]

 is doing very well in the first day of asian athletics championship winning 4 golds out of 6 

Gold medals in 10,000 m men

1500 m women

triple jump women

and Javelin throw women

 

very good start

[Grassmarket 4,305]

Decent meet coming up tomorrow - the Morton Games from Dublin .  Presuming lots of Irish big names not in Finland will be present.  No matter what, Commentators are always turbo!