Athletics 2024 Discussion Thread

[Monzanator 4,503]

Quick! Someone check if the Kenyan trials are actually held in Tula?

[Pasolini 251]

No news on the Perche aux Étoiles? I guess not a good day for Lavillenie?

 

 

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

2 hours ago, Pasolini said:

No news on the Perche aux Étoiles? I guess not a good day for Lavillenie?

 

 

Indeed. Not even 5.60 and slightly injured. It doesn't look good...  

 

https://www.lequipe.fr/Jo-2024-paris/Athletisme/Actualites/Renaud-lavillenie-blesse-echoue-par-trois-fois-a-5-60-m-au-bourget/1475028

[Makedonas 2,155]

Big result at the U18 Greek National Championships in Patras 

 

Maria Rafailidou with a U18WL in the 3kg shot put! She was 2nd in the world with 17.80 before this, with the U18WL being 18.43. Today she broke it three times, with 18.50, 18.65, and 18.70.

 

Anastasia Andreadi was 2nd with a disappointing 16.97, but for the year she is third in the world with 17.76.

 

Both Rafailidou and Andreadi have been breaking national U18 records this year. Although Rafailidou is now doing better, Andreadi is younger and will have another chance at the records in 2025.

 

Pretty cool for us to have two of the top 3 U18 women's shot putters this year, especially since that's not an event we normally excel in. We haven't qualified any female shot putter to the Olympics since 2008 for example...

[Grassmarket 3,409]

Clock is ticking on those last-minute attempts to get a big Q - first up, the Paavo Nurmi games from .. Early start for most of us.

 

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[Josh 10,517]

NR and Olympic quota for  Ella Junnila in women’s high jump 

[Josh 10,517]

9.99 SB for the reigning Olympic Champion  Lamont Marcel Jacobs in the men’s 100m and has reached the Olympic standard!

 

@phelps

[Josh 10,517]

 Camacho-Quinn clatters into a hurdle in the women’s 100m hurdles heats 

 

Shoe off, looks like there’s an injury. Hopefully it’s nothing serious 

[Josh 10,517]

4.80m for  Nina Kennedy in women’s pole vault!

[Josh 10,517]

Solid men’s 100m final. 
 

 Lamont Marcel Jacobs wins in 9.92 (rounding into form right before the Olympics), ahead of his compatriot  Chituru Ali in 9.96, and  Andre DeGrasse in 10.00 (fastest time for him since September 2021)

Edited June 18 by Josh