website statistics
Jump to content
  • Register/Login on Totallympics!

    Sign up to Totallympics to get full access to our website.

     

    Registration is free and allows you to participate in our community. You will then be able to reply to threads and access all pages.

     

    If you encounter any issues in the registration process, please send us a message in the Contact Us page.

     

    We are excited to see you on Totallympics, the home of Olympic Sports!

     

Athletics 2024 Discussion Thread


Totallympics

Recommended Posts

On 9/3/2024 at 11:56 AM, heywoodu said:

:UGA Rebecca Cheptegei, 44th in the Paris Olympics marathon, was covered in gasoline and set on fire by her partner/husband/father of their children in Kenya, the umpteenth case of violence between 'partners' there...

 

She's apparently in bad condition in the hospital.

She has passed away, the Ugandan federation has announced :cry: 

Edited by heywoodu

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26047-athletics-2024-discussion-thread/page/99/#findComment-672816
Share on other sites

Two good meetings FTA on Sunday

 

The Gran Prix Lombardia from Brescia :ITA

 

Live Streaming - Grand Prix Lombardia | European Athletics (european-athletics.com)

 

And the Boris Hanžeković Memorial from Zagreb :CRO - Special shot put event on Saturday, full Meet on Sunday.

 

Watch Livestreams and Highlights | World Athletics

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26047-athletics-2024-discussion-thread/page/99/#findComment-673179
Share on other sites

On 9/3/2024 at 1:04 PM, Josh said:

Damn, how can someone be that horrible to do something as shitty as that :(


Prayers up for her, hoping for as quick of as a recovery as possible ;)

well, that ex boyfriend who burned her died as well because of burns

Bring back the 1991 borders

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26047-athletics-2024-discussion-thread/page/99/#findComment-673587
Share on other sites

Some good stuff apart from Brussels this weekend.  People of course wanting to get their World Championships Quals nailed early.

 

Decastar Combined Events from France

 

ADEM Decastar - YouTube

 

And the :AUS Sydney Marathon on Saturday night, European time on Discovery Plus - upgraded to Platinum Level for the first time ever. 

 

And the Cross Country Season starts - English National Champs on Saturday.

 

 

 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26047-athletics-2024-discussion-thread/page/99/#findComment-673759
Share on other sites

:NOR Jakob Ingebrigtsen has confirmed that he’ll be making his half marathon debut tomorrow in Copenhagen, just 36 or so hours after winning the 1500m at the Brussels Diamond League!

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26047-athletics-2024-discussion-thread/page/99/#findComment-673809
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

So the last night of Diamond League tonight before it is decimated next year by the breakaway 

What the hell are you talking about now?

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26047-athletics-2024-discussion-thread/page/99/#findComment-673814
Share on other sites

4 minutes ago, Josh said:

What the hell are you talking about now?

Not sure the DL will be decimated, but isn't there the Michael Johnson thing with track events only, in yet another blow to field events?

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26047-athletics-2024-discussion-thread/page/99/#findComment-673815
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Not sure the DL will be decimated, but isn't there the Michael Johnson thing with track events only, in yet another blow to field events?

A lot of them won’t do much of the diamond league from now on. 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26047-athletics-2024-discussion-thread/page/99/#findComment-673816
Share on other sites

Just now, Orangehair43 said:

A lot of them won’t do much of the diamond league from now on. 

No need to go in your usual 'everything will be cancelled and done from now on' mode, but it's not a great step by the looks of it, no.

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26047-athletics-2024-discussion-thread/page/99/#findComment-673817
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Latest Posts around Totallympics

    • Tuesday January 13th, 2026   Preliminary Round Last Day Schedule   Group A Atlantic Standard Time (GMT -4)   Canada  vs  Sweden Period-by-Period: January 13th 2026 h. 17:00, Sport and Wellness Centre, Cape Breton   Hungary  vs  Switzerland Period-by-Period: January 13th 2026 h. 20:30, Sport and Wellness Centre, Cape Breton     Group B Atlantic Standard Time (GMT -4)   Czechia  vs  Slovakia Period-by-Period: January 13th 2026 h. 10:00, Sport and Wellness Centre, Cape Breton   United States  vs  Finland Period-by-Period: January 13th 2026 h. 13:30, Sport and Wellness Centre, Cape Breton
    • Monday January 12th, 2026   Preliminary Round Day 3 Results     Group A Atlantic Standard Time (GMT -4)   Sweden   3 - 0   Switzerland Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 0-0 January 12th 2026 h. 11:00, Sport and Wellness Centre, Cape Breton   Canada   14 - 0   Hungary Period-by-Period: 4-0, 7-0, 3-0 January 12th 2026 h. 18:00, Sport and Wellness Centre, Cape Breton   Group A Provisional Standing After Day 3   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Canada 2 2(0) 0(0) 23 0 +23 6 Sweden 2 2(0) 0(0) 7 1 +6 6 Switzerland 2 0(0) 2(0) 0 12 -12 0 Hungary 2 0(0) 2(0) 1 18 -17 0   Nations Qualified for the Quarterfinals   Canada Czech Republic Finland Hungary Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States
    • One of my favorite songs from the early 2000s that I listened to on a cassette on my walkman      
    • For me 20 medals will be good. And if more there are? Super. However, I prefer not to get my hopes up too much, so as not to be disappointed later.
    • If you're still taking suggestions, I tought the following:   Team Madison format.   17 teams of 2 "riders", randomly drawn. Teams can be named for famous "endurance" track cyclists. 4 intermediate "sprints", one after a voting block, in which the top 8 teams will score according to this formula: (10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1). The order in which team score for a sprint are determined by the total number of "medals" won by both members of the team during the block. Ranking will be sorted according to the number of gold medals, then silver, then bronze. If there's two or more teams with same number of points, the medals of best individual performer of each team will be considered to break the tie. If the tie remains, then team's total points during the block will be used to break it. If the team fails to receive a single medal during each block, it will be considered to "lose lap" and 20 points will be substracted from their score. If the team fails to score at least 1 point during each block, it will be an automatic DNF for the team. If both members of the team get a medal from a single jury, it will be considered to "gain lap" and 20 points will be added to their score. A team can only win an additional lap per voting block. After the 4 intermediate, a "final" sprint will be recorded, in which points will be doubled (20, 16, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 & 2). Ranking for the final sprint will take into account the total medals won during the event.   What do you think?
    • I don't medal pick, per se... I assign probabilities/expected-values and total them up. So I don't have a gold medal estimate... but if you want one, divide those numbers by three and you'll be pretty close!   I imagine Norway, Italy and Netherlands and maybe Canada will probably skew a bit higher on golds, and US, Germany, and Sweden will skew a little lower... so maybe: Norway - 14 US - 11 Germany - 11 Italy - 11 Canada - 10 Austria - 8 Netherlands - 8 Japan - 7 Sweden - 6 France.- 6   I was surprised seeing Italy come in that high, I was figuring 22-23, but I guess they've been do well on the World Cups. 
    • If you were to predict top- 10 for the number of gold medals, what would it look like?     For me, as an Italian, any result for Italy: +20 medals would be OK (if that will include 6-7 gold medals). The trauma of Turin 2006 is too great
    • Doesn't really help that two of the strongest countries in that particular sport are banned from the team event for well known reasons.
    • Just another reason why it's super dumb that the NOC max in freestyle skiing isn't 40.
    • In rugby there's More Squidge Rugby (the main channel has proper videos).
×
×
  • Create New...