Athletics Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to LA 2028

[Makedonas 2,239]

Stamatia Scarvelis so close to a NR in the women's hammer throw. She's wanted it for years (record is 72.10 from Stella Papadopoulou in 2008). Her PB was 71.43 from 2022, now she just went 71.95 on her fourth throw for a new PB! I hope she can get the NR on one of her last two throws. She is also in first place currently.

 

Big shame on our federation that there is a stream for U18 decathlon/heptathlon track events but not for women's hammer throw 

[Makedonas 2,239]

4 hours ago, Makedonas said:

Dragomirova 6.42 long jump (her PB is 6.44 from 2019) and 47.61 javelin. She has 5455 points after six events.

 

Unfortunately the 800 is her weakest event by far but she should still get enough points for a new U23NR.  Last week, she had 5371 points at this stage and then got only 683 from the 800m for a U23NR of 6054.

She got a new PB in the 800! 2:28.79!

Her previous PB was 2:30.50 from last year and her SB was 2:30.76 from last week. She still has a long way to go, but hopefully she can continue to shave off time from her 800m PB over the next few years.

 

She ends with 6163 points, another new U23NR for her (previous one was 6054 from last week). A big, big improvement and now moves up to 2nd all-time on the Greek women's list. NR is 6235 so hopefully she can get it next season 

[Grassmarket 4,248]

All of a sudden a large comfy blanket of common sense is suddenly descending upon the world of sport.

 

World Athletics introduces one-time genetic test for athletes wanting to compete in female category for world ranking competitions - BBC Sport

[Grassmarket 4,248]

National Championships Weekend coming up!   has one of the strongest lineups for many years, but is restricted to the BBC which is usually tough for furriners to get into.

 

UK Athletics Championships: British stars target World Championships spot on BBC - BBC Sport

[Grassmarket 4,248]

 - Not usually geo-blocked.

 

Sport - NRK TV

[Grassmarket 4,248]

 is PPV, will cost $12.99 to watch internationally or on NBC domestically.

 

USATF.TV

 

Will post others as I get them, or otherwise please post your own.

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[Epic Failure 364]

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

 is PPV, will cost $12.99 to watch internationally or on NBC domestically.

 

USATF.TV

 

Will post others as I get them, or otherwise please post your own.

Only some of the weekend finals will be on NBC. Kinda disappointing that so much of it is now not only behind a paywall but on a streaming service that only the most dedicated fans will have. Way too many streaming services out there. From memory, last year was entirely on Peacock. Which is still a paywall but a more affordable one with much more content on it to make it worth getting. 

[Grassmarket 4,248]

 Confusion over the dates on my part, because they actually started today.  The German Athletics Nationals are on eurovisionsport,com, along with several other sports.  Like Sweden, they try to make a bit of a big week of it because several other sports are included, like fencing, badminton, rowing, and even rugby siebens. .  Also breaking, sadly.    

 

Eurovision Sport | Die Finals 2025 - Dresden

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[Orangehair43 312]

23 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

All of a sudden a large comfy blanket of common sense is suddenly descending upon the world of sport.

 

World Athletics introduces one-time genetic test for athletes wanting to compete in female category for world ranking competitions - BBC Sport

Lots of people are expecting some atheltics to discover stuff about the chromosomes they might not have known (As apparently random testing has shown people find out things, 

[Grassmarket 4,248]

34 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

Lots of people are expecting some atheltics to discover stuff about the chromosomes they might not have known (As apparently random testing has shown people find out things, 

Or pretending to.  There's still some people out there pushing the line that Semenya was some kind of pitiful waif, rather than accomplished con artist.