Athletics 2023 Discussion Thread

[Grassmarket 2,759]

49 minutes ago, dullard said:

FloTrack  Maybe a VPN will work for Olympic Channel.

An expert says 

[dullard 437]

Open this link in VLC and or some other video player that supports network streams and you can watch the Berlin Marathon without a VPN.

 

 

[ChandlerMne 624]

Women marathon world record will be smashed to pieces. 

Edited September 24, 2023 by ChandlerMne

[dullard 437]

Great advertisement for Adidas' new shoes

 

[Gianlu33 3,577]

[Josh 5,727]

 Tigst Assefa smashes the women’s marathon WR in 2:11:53! 

Edited September 24, 2023 by Josh

[Grassmarket 2,759]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

 Tigst Assefa smashes the women’s marathon WR in 2:11:53! 

2:11 would have been the Men's World Record at any date prior to 1967!

[heywoodu 13,561]

8 hours ago, Josh said:

 Tigst Assefa smashes the women’s marathon WR in 2:11:53! 

I had to skip quite a few parts, but other than the last few hundred meters, did she actually have a moment somewhere where she was not running behind her male pacemaker?  

[heywoodu 13,561]

Adidas' new super light shoes, which Assefa of course used, are apparently even more ridiculous than the 'super shoes' which helped break record after record lately: these ones are, according to Adidas themselves, done after a single marathon  

[Grassmarket 2,759]

2024 World Cross Country Championships will be in Belgrade, Sunday 30th March.

 

https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/2024-cross-country-championships-serbia