Athletics 2023 Discussion Thread

[IoNuTzZ 305]

Andrea Miklos  50.80 in 400 is going to Paris 2024 

[OlympicsFan 858]

4 hours ago, EselTheDonkey said:

Mihambo has called it a season. She's not going to be fit enough for the World Championships and now wants to give herself time to recover and focus on Rome and Paris next year.

Great news ... feels like 90 % of the german athletes are injured/out of shape. German athletics would be in an infinitely better shape if all the german athletes would be close to their best. Ansah, Ansah-Peprah, Agyekum, Mohumed, Farken, Heß, Wagner, Zernikel, Baehre, Sosna, Vetter, Röhler, Hofmann, Mayer, Schwab, Müller, Klosterhalfen, Klein, Kejeta, Burkard, Krause, Kallabis, Granz, Reh, Wender, Mihambo, Kienast, Otchere, Eckhardt, Maduka, Gierisch, Maisch, Hussong, Fuchs ...

 

At this point even 2 medals at the world championships would be a surprise ...

Weber + one out of Pudenz/Neugebauer/Kaul/Potye

[Vektor 3,326]

Gyulai Memorial was fun, but also hot as fuck, especially during the hammer throw, which is prob why Halász failed to reach the Olympic ES. But hey, we got an OES in men's 400, so I am not complaining.

[Josh 10,458]

100m hurdles World Champion (And WR Holder)  Amusan, is provisionally suspended for having missed three doping tests in the last year. 

 

"The Charge will be heard by the Disciplinary Tribunal and determined before the World Athletics Championships"

 

If charged, it could result in a suspension of up to two years, which would have her missing the upcoming Olympics. 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Josh

[Vektor 3,326]

28 minutes ago, Josh said:

100m hurdles World Champion (And WR Holder)  Amusan, is provisionally suspended for having missed three doping tests in the last year. 

 

"The Charge will be heard by the Disciplinary Tribunal and determined before the World Athletics Championships"

 

If charged, it could result in a suspension of up to two years, which would have her missing the upcoming Olympics. 

Well, I sure didn't think yesterday that I will be among the last people who saw her compete live. Completely out of nowhere. 

[OlympicsFan 858]

3 hours ago, Vektor said:

Well, I sure didn't think yesterday that I will be among the last people who saw her compete live. Completely out of nowhere. 

What do you mean with "out of nowhere"?

[Vektor 3,326]

58 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

What do you mean with "out of nowhere"?

I meant that she was competing yesterday and the news broke literally the next day. I feel like many times the athlete "disappears" from the spotlight before they get suspended, so you kinda see it coming. 

[dullard 697]

The ban isn't surprising at all. I wonder if she'd received notice already before competing at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial?

[Makedonas 2,133]

Due to the heat wave, our National U20 Championships which were supposed to take place this week will be now held in September. Also, the Balkan U20 Championships were already cancelled.

 

So our U20 athletes now will not have many opportunities to achieve standards for the upcoming European U20 Championships...

[hckošice 14,792]

The organizers of our PTS meeting are really furious as Amusan was the main (and arguably only real) star for tonights show