Athletics 2021 Discussion Thread

[Grassmarket 3,410]

16 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

It's been an issue for decades - all the way back to Stella Walsh.

The Press Sisters, CCCP athletes of the 1960s. Let to the first gender tests. The technique used was….rudimentary.  

[Makedonas 2,155]

Some big results at Greek U20 Championships this weekend. Still going on but almost done.

 

16 yo Iliana Triantafillou (born 2005) passed 4.12 in the pole vault. Her previous PB was 3.90. Our U18 and U20 NRs are 4.37 (Stefanidi), and our U23 NR is 4.51 (also Stefanidi) so if she keeps improving then I think she can break some of these records in the next few years.

 

Yesterday we had a new U20 NR in the women's discus, Despina-Areti Filippidou threw 55.12 (previous NR was 54.50 from 1993 and her PB was 52.02). She is a 2003 girl so she will still be able to improve this NR even in 2022.

 

Also Polyniki Emmanouilidou has the U20 NR in the women's 200m (23.83). She broke this record today too but unfortunately it was wind assisted so it doesn't count. However I think she can do it again at the European U20 and World U20 Championships coming up. Also she will still be in the U20 category in 2022 as well.

[heywoodu 15,147]

On 02/07/2021 at 20:09, Grassmarket said:

Yeah, it is purely to create a few minutes of undivided attention for field events in the standard DL 2 hour broadcast. Doesn’t really work, as we can see.

That's why we should make the DL broadcasts half an hour shorter, then there's more space to show all events !

[Vektor 3,326]

The Gyulai Memorial starts today with the hammer throw events, I am looking forward to see how strong the Polish and Halász are a few weeks before the Games. 

[Vektor 3,326]

Well, if anyone had doubts, we got a confirmation that  has a gold medal chance in men's hammer throw, over 80 for the first time for Kokhan. And all things considered Halász did well, but he obviously needs to improve and go over 80 as well, men's hammer throw can have a really strong Olympic final this year. 

[Adriano 590]

17 minutes ago, Vektor said:

Well, if anyone had doubts, we got a confirmation that  has a gold medal chance in men's hammer throw, over 80 for the first time for Kokhan. And all things considered Halász did well, but he obviously needs to improve and go over 80 as well, men's hammer throw can have a really strong Olympic final this year. 

For me 1. USA 2. UKRAINE 3

POLAND (Nowicki). Fajdek will miss olympic chance once again. Great chance for medal for Ukraine. Good luck. 

[Grassmarket 3,410]

Good meet on tomorrow night, the Istvan Gyulai memorial from a town whose name I cannot spell while working with an Ipad.

 

Live on the WA YouTube Channel.

 

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/istvan-gyulai-memorial-szekesfehervar-norman-niekerk-holloway-fraser-pryce

[Makedonas 2,155]

Before Tokyo we have the European U23 Championships and the European U20 Championships still. One is this coming weekend and one is the following weekend.

[Grassmarket 3,410]

4 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

Before Tokyo we have the European U23 Championships and the European U20 Championships still. One is this coming weekend and one is the following weekend.

Quite a few familiar names competing in the U-23s.

[thepharoah 2,405]

 

 Bassant Hemeida set 2 new NR and qualified for 2022 WCH in Oregon in a tournament in Czech Rep. 

 

• Women's 100m :11.14 
• Women's 200 m : 22.79