Athletics 2021 Discussion Thread

[Jinzha 702]

7 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

 

Well that's a bummer, I was still busy being happy for Hassan!

[Grassmarket 4,033]

55 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

Well that's a bummer, I was still busy being happy for Hassan!

Well, it’s like Pole Vault World Record, you just have to beat it by small increments to ensure frequent paydays.  

[dcro 10,210]

Already 30 seconds faster than Wang Yunxia's 9600 m record...

[heywoodu 16,004]

6 minutes ago, dcro said:

Already 30 seconds faster than Wang Yunxia's 9600 m record...

Can't wait for these athletes to all be called 'greatest ever' and such due to their world records on miracle shoes which are like this far away from having actual rockets in them 

[Monzanator 4,769]

I haven't paid attention to these 10,000 results lately but are the miracle shoes making their way into stadium running now? Don't tell me it's a coincidence these WRs are beaten by several seconds just like that?

[Swewi 460]

7 hours ago, dcro said:

Already 30 seconds faster than Wang Yunxia's 9600 m record...

9600?

[Monzanator 4,769]

59 minutes ago, Swewi said:

9600?

 

That was the popular explanation of the WR back then - that Wang ran 24 laps instead of 25.

[Grassmarket 4,033]

Speaking as an , I have seen middle & distance athletics go through these WR growth spurts before. Apart from the doping records, it’s down to technical or organisational progress.

 

Late 60s/early 70s - end of the old dirt tracks, arrival of all weather tracks.

Late 70s/early 80s - professionalisation & emergence of commercial televised meets

Early 90s - Emergence of professionally managed East African athletes.

 

Now we have this new combination of super shoes & computerised pace-making, opening up WRs long thought unbeatable. And what has always happened before is that eventually someone sets a genuinely unbeatable record, after which everything will settle down for another decade or so.

[Grassmarket 4,033]

Just watched the race.  Gidey got several major advantages over Hassan

 

Better weather, warm & dry.

Back markers got out of the way, so she ran a much shorter line.

Evening conditions, so disco lights much easier to see.

 

So a head to head will be…enticing. 

 

 

 

[Werloc 3,191]

 

 LITHUANIAN NATIONAL RECORD ALERT 

 

This season is crazy, because it's only June and it's the third Lithuanian national record to be broken now.

 

Gediminas Truskauskas just ran a 20.48s in 200m during a competition held in Austria. He smashed his 20.75 PB right after already running a 100m race twice today. He also broke his PB there as well, where he became the fourth fastest man in Lithuania (10.33).

 

The previous record holder was Rytis Sakalauskas with 20.74 set back in 2011. He is still the record holder for 100m. in Lithuania, but it is looking likely that Gediminas might even attempt to take down that record if he continues to improve. 

 

Edit: To add on to that, I just found out that it is the 2nd best 200m. run from a European this season.

 

 

PS: I'll also add that two days ago, Adrijus Glebauskas jumped 2.30 and became the third best high jumper of all time in Lithuania. The NR is 2.34.