Athletics 2020 Discussion Thread

[Grassmarket 3,533]

12 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Ouch, crash in the lead group

 

Jepkosgei and Yeshaneh, the two fastest women, going down.

Already had a fall, one of the Ethiopians, 3 of the favourites have gone down.  Now, the German Kjeta has a medal!

 

Jeez, another stumble costs Yehualaw the silver medal!

 

And a World Record (Women’s only)

[heywoodu 15,253]

Hola VPN reaching the 1-hour free limit (which can be refreshed but needs a small break to do so) not even 3 seconds after the finish, that was a nervous last two minutes  

[Grassmarket 3,533]

NRs all down the board - Ethiopia, Turkey, Switzerland....

[Grassmarket 3,533]

Onto the men’s race, East Africans not quite monopolizing it yet...

 

Race too far for Joshua Cheptegui, falling off the pace.  Still running for a team medal for 

[heywoodu 15,253]

Very impressive surge from young Jacob Kiplimo  

 

Joshua Cheptgei had to let go and is hanging on for dear life for a chance for bronze.

[Grassmarket 3,533]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Very impressive surge from young Jacob Kiplimo  

 

Joshua Cheptgei had to let go and is hanging on for dear life for a chance for bronze.

Seemed very happy for his mate, good for him.

[heywoodu 15,253]

That was a fantastic run by Kiplimo, who also happens to shatter the Ugandan record by over a minute.

[heywoodu 15,253]

1 minute ago, Grassmarket said:

Seemed very happy for his mate, good for him.

Yeah, that was awesome to see. Finishing and very first thing he did was lift Kiplimo into the air  

[Vojthas 949]

12 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Even Polish people have coats on.

What do you mean "even Polish people"? We really like it, when it's warm.

[hckošice 15,029]

Dudinska 50 started at 08:00, Livestream here. Right now around 26th KM

 

Remember only 50 people are allowed to be in the area including athletes, coaches and officials, so 12 M and 5 W from 8 countries started the race aiming for the 3:49:59 Tokyo standard

 

Matej Tóth (SVK)

Rafal Augustyn (POL)

Rafal Fedaczyński (POL)

Rafal Sikora (POL)

Jakub Jelonek (POL)

Andrés Chocho (ECU)

Carl Dohmann (GER)

Karl Junghannss (GER)

Nathaniel Seiler (GER)

Cameron Corbishley (GBR)

Adrian Klonowski (POL)