Athletics 2023 Discussion Thread

[Monzanator 4,526]

 

[Gianlu33 4,615]

Marcel Jacobs defeated at the Italian championship by Ceccarelli (6.54)

[phelps 7,706]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

Marcel Jacobs defeated at the Italian championship by Ceccarelli (6.54)

the youngster is good! 

 

Marcel is...lost! 

[Monzanator 4,526]

Is Jacobs the new Nestyarenka?

[phelps 7,706]

8 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Is Jacobs the new Nestyarenka?

no, it's not the case...he has dominated the 2021 season and, when not injured, the 2022 season as well...

 

he already collected European and World Indoor titles, outdoor European and Olympic gold medals and he recorded both Indoor and Outdoor European records.

 

I guess he's already done more than many big names among the sprint specialists of the past...comparing him to the Belarussian is an insult.

 

right now he's not in very good shape (still, 6.56 is a clocking that most sprinters in the world can only dream about).

 

adding another European Indoor title or not, it's not going to change anything for him, we'll see what he he's going to do in the outdoor season...

[Monzanator 4,526]

Meanwhile among the mortals in Polish Nationals in Toruń Adrianna Sułek & Natalia Kaczmarek further improved their NR in heptathlon & 400m. Sułek's previous NR was set in Belgrade last winter and Kaczmarek's last week in Lievin.

 

 

[Jinzha 702]

14 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Oh come on, I'm watching all the indoor tour meets and she does it in national championships, which I wasn't really going to watch because I forgot, in Apeldoorn of all places?  

 

But holy smokes, what a time. How many of those 80's women's records are left to be taken out now?  

I was watching the national championships livestream and it was pretty hilarious. All day you're watching athletes, mostly juniors, competing mostly for a title and a PB and in some rare cases the European indoor qualification mark. Then suddenly you're watching a world record run.

[Vektor 3,326]

The 10k course of the marathon of the 2023 World Championships. They will have 4 laps on this course.

 

[rafalgorka 1,595]

8 hours ago, Vektor said:

The 10k course of the marathon of the 2023 World Championships. They will have 4 laps on this course.

 

 

Oh, I really like this course.

 

Is it flat? (not sure about Buda part here)

 

Thanks for sharing

[Monzanator 4,526]

The Buda part would be around the Gellert Hill? Don't think that would be a favorite for the athletes