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Athletics 2020 Discussion Thread


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9 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Some action over the weekend!

 

https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/krista-tervo-hammer-spanovic-halasz

 

https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/korte-1284-lahti

 

 

And more good news - seemingly the BBC are streaming at least some of the Oslo Impossible Games from Bislett on Friday, which probably means there will be other streams as well.

 

Actually the Impossible Games are on BBC Red Button 19:00 on Thursday.  Probably somewhere else as well.

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right now, Josef Odlozil Memorial meet from Prague (CZE) live on the Czech public TV CT Sport HD and streaming on their website...

 

unfortunately, a VPN is required for those outside the Czech territory...

 

https://sport.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/atletika/zive-memorial-josefa-odlozila-juska-po-dvou-letech-prekonal-osm-metru/5ede7ca7611d942f049b73a9

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  • 2 weeks later...

There was a meet in Dresden, Germany last night.  A bit low-key, sprints only, but it’s all on YouTube and non-geoblocked.  You’ll probably want a remote control with FF.

 

 

 

There’s another couple of things this weekend, will post the links later.

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1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

There’s another couple of things this weekend, will post the links later.

I can post one for tomorrow already: https://www.facebook.com/StadionSlaski /posts/3545263922170444

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1 hour ago, Vojthas said:

The other ones I have for tomorrow are Meilen, Switzerland

 

https://swiss-sport.tv/uebersicht-leichtathletik/

 

And a team competition between Atlanta & Oregon in which each team will compete in their own stadium.

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/AtlantaTrackClub/videos

 

 

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We've kicked off the athletics season with quite a few competitions, though mostly for children, U18 and U20 categories, with some bigger events starting in two weeks.

 

I spend a fair amount of time analysing the state of our athletics and from what I've gathered so far, quarantine is taking a toll on the results.

 

Of course, everyone is extra rusty, so the real situation is only going to be clear after athletes get to start a bit more and a lot of competent athletes have yet to start in any of the competitions. 

 

On the other hand, both sons of Virgilijus Alekna seem to be throwing the discus fairly far and have already secured their U23 and U20 unofficial qualification marks. 

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Watching the Swiss meet now.  Lots going on, they are running multiple heats of all events to give as many people a race as possible.  Athletes are mainly Swiss, but quite a few Germans & even Chinese who presumably are based somewhere in Mittel Europa.

 

Feel a bit sorry for the athletes who false start!  
 

YouTube link for the Polish meet coming up at 13:00 Uk & :POR, 14:00 :EUU

 

 

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And those events were scheduled for September/November...

 

Just wait and see how the whole of 2020/21 Winter season will be cancelled too at this rate. :p

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