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54 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

:KEN World Championship Trials - I guess they’re different from the National Champs which were a couple of weeks back.

 

https://www.youtube.com/@KenyanAthletics/streams

Apparently these trials are compulsory for the big names - don’t do the trials, no WC slot, although I guess there are winners from Eugene who get a pass.

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Jamaican men's 4x1 is looking like it'll be a force again this year after three athletes went sub 10 for the first time in the heats of the Jamaican trials.

 

9.91 Kishane Thompson 

9.94 Kadrian Goldson

9.98 Rohan Watson

 

Other athletes that have been sub 10 already this year

 

9.99 Bouwahjgie NKRUMIE

9.95 Oblique SEVILLE (best 9.86)

9.89 Ackeem BLAKE

 

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Lithuania is starting their relay campaign as they held the 4x400m men's relay at the COSMA cup, because they believed that with Keršulis, Sutkus and Janarauskas the NR was possible.

 

Together with the oldest member of the team - Trumpa (1998yob) they achieved the NR at 3:09.93, which was set back in 2004.

 

The aim is to qualify to the European Championships. 

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