Athletics 2024 Discussion Thread

[rybak 3,303]

 Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik (400m) was ready to start her season this week, first time since pregnancy break, but in latest training she get injury and it's unsure if she will return before Paris, where she wanted end her career  

[Makedonas 2,239]

On 5/14/2024 at 12:24 PM, Grassmarket said:

Good news -  absolutely dozens of good European meets going to be streamed FTA on the European Athletics YT Channel in the run-up to the Olympics.  Here's the full list, starting off with some  meets in the next day or two.

 

European Athletics to offer extensive World Athletics Continental Tour streaming in 2024 | European Athletics (european-athletics.com)

2009-born Ariadni Mirtsiou  got 4th in the women's pole vault as she cleared 4.20 m.

 

So we now have the top 2 in the U18 women's pole vault this year, both are 15 year olds, as Anastasia Boumpoulidi cleared 4.25 a few weeks ago.

 

 

The real interesting race though is going to be who gets the third spot for Greece in Paris in the women's pole vault. Either 38 yo Kyriakopoulou makes her 5th Olympics or 23 yo Adamopoulou makes her debut . Here Kyriakopoulou got 2nd with 4.40 (first result of the year for her, she skipped indoors) and Adamopoulou was third with 4.20 (she has 4.50 from a few weeks ago and is probably the front runner as she got the standard for Rome and was the third Greek to do so, so Kyriakopoulou won't be able to make it via ranking now).

[Swewi 460]

The level of Men's discus this season is so high. Daniel Ståhl Throwed 68.99 in season opening last night and it is only enough to be ranked 8 in the world this early in the season

[Biathlonfan 792]

1 hour ago, Swewi said:

The level of Men's discus this season is so high. Daniel Ståhl Throwed 68.99 in season opening last night and it is only enough to be ranked 8 in the world this early in the season

That's called the Ramona effect.

[Grassmarket 4,030]

Huge big weekend of athletics coming up!  

 

I think from early Saturday morning there are pretty much a solid thirty-six hours of continuous athletics to watch free to air. 

 

First up, your aperitif, live European Athletics meets on YT from Friday afternoon and over the weekend.     

 

European Athletics - YouTube

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Grassmarket 4,030]

....followed on Saturday morning by the biggest non-Championships multi-events meet of the year from Gotzis, 

 

Athletes in action

 

Entry list | Hypomeeting Götzis (meeting-goetzis.at)

 

Timetable

 

Time schedule | Hypomeeting Götzis (meeting-goetzis.at)

 

And streaming is usually not geoblocked on Austrian TV

 

Leichtathletik: 49. Hypomeeting Götzis live - tv.ORF.at

[Josh 11,526]

Atlantic City Games in on Saturday.
 

 

Live Results/Entry Lists: https://results.adidasatlantacitygames.com

Edited May 17, 2024 by Josh

[Grassmarket 4,030]

.....and then a triple bill of Gold Level meetings on the World Athletics Website

 

Race Walking from La Coruna 

World's best feature in stacked race walk fields for La Coruna | PREVIEWS | World Athletics

 

Track and field from Los Angeles 

McLaughlin-Levrone, Hassan and Cheptegei among stars in Los Angeles | PREVIEWS | World Athletics

 

Track and field from Tokyo   (Can't find full details on this)

timetable.pdf (goldengrandprix-japan.com)

 

World Athletics Home Page | World Athletics

 

Edited May 17, 2024 by Grassmarket

[Grassmarket 4,030]

4 minutes ago, Josh said:

Atlantic City Games in on Saturday.
 

 

Live Results/Entry Lists: https://results.adidasatlantacitygames.com

Oh yeah, that's one of those street games type event, I think.  Where the city high school athletes meet the Olympians,

[Josh 11,526]

 Sydney McLaughlin will focus on the women’s 400m hurdles at the US Olympic Trials. 
 

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