Athletics 2023 Discussion Thread

[Josh 13,628]

20 yo Mykolas Alekna  68.35m in men’s discus throw at the Mt. Sac Relays. 
 

Camryn Rogers  77.84m PB in women’s hammer throw at the Mt. Sac Relays, and is now #7 all time (Behind Włodarczyk, Price, Heidler, Andersen, Lysenko, Kassanavoid) 

Edited April 16, 2023 by Josh

[intoronto 6,944]

16 Year old Julia Tunks with 59.11 in the discuss! Wow

 

 

[Josh 13,628]

 

2 hours ago, intoronto said:

16 Year old Julia Tunks with 59.11 in the discuss! Wow

 

 

10.0m/s wind probably 

[Josh 13,628]

Brooke Anderson 79.80m PB in women’s hammer throw, now #3 all time (Behind Włodarczyk and Price)

Edited April 21, 2023 by Josh

[dullard 744]

So, Sifan Hassan had a bad day and still won the London Marathon 

[FireRun 198]

On 4/23/2023 at 1:20 PM, dullard said:

So, Sifan Hassan had a bad day and still won the London Marathon 

Even so, from what little live footage that I saw, the commentators talked about her not eating or drinking as it's Ramadan. All this makes it much more impressive for me. 

[Biathlonfan 842]

Update on the discus scene,  Chioma Onyekwere went 64.96 at Ramona,OK[place with plenty of wind],to break the over a decade long African record by  9 centimeters. And has gone up to number 5 on the world rankings.More notably Alex Rose from Samoa went 70.39 at the same place to join the 70 meter club and take the world lead.

 

Meanwhile back in good old  Andrius Gudžius showed that he's not ready to give up the best discus thrower today In Lithuania title without a fight,in his one legal throw at the Kaunas long throwing championship[notably with no wind in sight]going out to 69.35[his 3 best throw of all time] and 2 place in the world rankings.   

Edited April 25, 2023 by Biathlonfan

[Josh 13,628]

Issam Asinga  9.83 (2.6m/s) 100m at the Pure Athletics Spring Invitational Young rising star to keep an eye out for on the road to Paris 2024.

 

Issam has not yet decided which country he will be competing for internationally, with his options being United States, Suriname and Zambia. His dad, Tommy Asinga, holds the national record for Suriname over 400m, 800m and 1500m. 
 

Here’s a link to the race https://twitter.com/travismillerx13/status/1650295676620750852?s=46&t=Ttq53JR4XTfuqqmYe6kI9w

 

Edited April 26, 2023 by Josh

[Grassmarket 4,314]

First big meet of the season is as early as this Saturday 29th - Continental Gold Tour from Gabarone .

 

https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/2023-outdoor-track-field-season

[Grassmarket 4,314]

On 4/26/2023 at 8:23 AM, Grassmarket said:

First big meet of the season is as early as this Saturday 29th - Continental Gold Tour from Gabarone .

 

https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/2023-outdoor-track-field-season

TV Coverage for this and the other meets in the Gold Tour series, or alternatively suggestions for VPNs.

 

https://worldathletics.org/news/news/2023-how-follow-watch-continental-tour

 

Field looks good, more than just African athletes.

 

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/botswana-golden-grand-prix-2023-gaborone