Athletics 2021 Discussion Thread

[Grassmarket 4,254]

9 hours ago, JonPhi said:

Blessing Okagbare 10,63s (+1.7) at Nigerian Olympic Trials. WL with SAFP.

 

Over on the athletics forum I’m on, everyone is convinced this is a broken wind gauge.  Watch the flags at halfway.

[hckošice 16,582]

21 hours ago, hckošice said:

team landed in Bulgaria for the upcoming 2nd European League, with the goal to avoid the (I fear the inevitable) relegation together with the DSQ to the lowest 3rd division.

 

Since we will compete without many our lead athletes skipping this event like

Ján Volko M 100m/200m&4x100m or Tomáš Veszelka Triple Jump,

also has been decided that Emma Zapletalová already qualified in the 400 hurdles will run only the 400m here and let the 400m Hurdles to Ledecká whom is still fighting for points to the Olympic ranking

The chance to stay in this division are rather in theoretical levels

 

 

One surprise is however the return of Lucia Klocová in W 1500m called from retirement just for this championship because we had nobody to send in this discipline lol

 

Apart DSQ also and retired from the competition and thus all the 3 mentioned nations are relegated to the lowest Division III. So at least one good news for our team, no relegation fear

[Illya 590]

Maryna Kylypko done entry standart in Tokyo in Pole Vault!!! 4.70 m

[Federer91 3,375]

12 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Over on the athletics forum I’m on, everyone is convinced this is a broken wind gauge.  Watch the flags at halfway.

 

Yeah, i've read that it actually was 2.7 wind and it won't be officially recorded.

[AmericanHero40 243]

Did i just watch Crouser break the WR???

[NearPup 4,144]

Ryan Crouser set a world record in the men's shot put during the very first event of the US Olympic trials - 23.37m.

[heywoodu 16,437]

What an absolute monster throw  

 

Took me a while to figure out his actual distance because American TV kept showing only feet and parts of feet and parts of parts of feet  

 

I was definitely expecting him to break Barnes' record at some point. Not sure I was expecting him to obliterate it  

[Monzanator 5,079]

Yes, one of the oldest WRs yet one that looked to fall real soon.

 

The same can't be said about women's triple jump. I guess there have been like 30+ jumps within 20 cm of that one yet nobody can beat it

[heywoodu 16,437]

By the way, Crouser moves so....slow. It feels like if he can improve that, he can add decimeters to his distance (if he doesn't lose strength then, of course).

[heywoodu 16,437]

World champion Cheruiyot has got a problem.