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Athletics 2020 Discussion Thread


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19 minutes ago, dcro said:

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

It’s way too early to know, but it may be a reality we want to mentally prepare ourselves for.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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11 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Winter season in the Olympics year is never a priority for these athletes. Big names will probably skip it if it goes ahead anyway.

Well, so it’s for the next generation, then!  It’s just as important to keep the production line rolling as it is to keep the big names happy.  Unless people start bucking up & showing some courage there’s going to be a whole lot of places for new sports on the Olympic schedule, because a lot of the old ones are just going to die off. 

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6 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Well, so it’s for the next generation, then!  It’s just as important to keep the production line rolling as it is to keep the big names happy.  Unless people start bucking up & showing some courage there’s going to be a whole lot of places for new sports on the Olympic schedule, because a lot of the old ones are just going to die off. 

 

Multi-event sports like athletics or swimming will never fall off the Olympic schedule. Both of them are ideal to create new global icons with several medals to be won. Two biggest Olympic icons of the XXI century - Bolt & Phelps - competed in these two sports. Coincidence? :p

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Various things on over the weekend, but this looks worth a watch - the Swiss Steeplechase & 10000m Champs - is on an open stream.

 

https://www.ubs-athletics.fans

 

https://www.swiss-athletics.ch/de/blog/2020/06/24/abraham-und-schlumpf-sind-in-uster-in-der-favoritenrolle-mit-live-stream/

 

 

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The good new: there will be a British Athletics season this year. :cheer:

 

The bad news.  It will last two weeks.  :nopompom:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/53192762

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Forgot to update that:

 

Andrius Gudžius opened his season with a 65.81 in the Discus Throw

 

European Ch. bronze medalist from Javelin Throw - Liveta Jasiūnaitė opened with a 58.01

 

Lastly, another decent result was from Ieva Zarankaitė in the Discus Throw with a 58.66

 

 

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On 25/06/2020 at 18:16, Grassmarket said:

Various things on over the weekend, but this looks worth a watch - the Swiss Steeplechase & 10000m Champs - is on an open stream.

 

https://www.ubs-athletics.fans

 

https://www.swiss-athletics.ch/de/blog/2020/06/24/abraham-und-schlumpf-sind-in-uster-in-der-favoritenrolle-mit-live-stream/

 

 

Live now!  Commentary in both :GER & :FRA alternately. 

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15 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Live now!  Commentary in both :GER & :FRA alternately. 

Sounds rather like either French speaker or Schwiiz Dütsch speaker trying to remind himself some Hochdeutsch from school long ago.

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10 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

Sounds rather like either French speaker or Schwiiz Dütsch speaker trying to remind himself some Hochdeutsch from school long ago.

German guy manages both, or all three, French guy is struggling with the interviews!  :d
 

Good meet though - first I have seen this year with proper size fields, and not just International superstars against the girl who works at the Post Office.

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