Athletics 2016 Discussion Thread

[Werloc 3,191]

Nothing too special in the second day, Eva Misiūnaitė was close to qualifying to EC in 200m. with 23.79 and Domantas Poška threw the discus 62.47 (Born in 1996, so still fairly young). Zinaida Sendriūtė first time this year managed to reach 60m. in discus.

[Xander 53]

No new standards on the 3rd day of our NCH but sensational-wtf-results keep goin'.

Another national record (U18) in high jump.

 

17 years old heptathlete (!) Alina Shuh cleared 1.92 in high jump from the 1st attempt and refused from jumping 1.95.

 

17 years old. Heptathlete. 1.92. With a little margin. She could have achieved the Olympic standard in high jump... and get that 3rd place in our Olympic high jump team 18 yo Levchenko set her new PB of 1.95 in the evening & next morning even younger girl cleared 1.92.

 

ps. Wondering if she's going to Amsterdam btw.

 

ps2. On a side note, happy that 3 paralympic athletes competed in the same events with everyone.

They didn't show fantastic results comparing to our elite athletes but this was incredible (for our athletics) on its own.

 

Edited June 21, 2016 by Xander

[bestmen 2,904]

The 20th Africa senior championships will take place from 22 to 26 June 2016 in Durban (South Africa)

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many african teams/athletes do the fasting
so this calendar  is totally crap

 

[intoronto 6,420]

21 minutes ago, bestmen said:

The 20th Africa senior championships will take place from 22 to 26 June 2016 in Durban (South Africa)

Timetable

 

many african teams/athletes do the fasting
so this calendar  is totally crap

 

Why should the calendar be affected because of that? Usually Continental championships happen in June and provide a last chance for athletes to qualify for Rio...

[bestmen 2,904]

Just now, intoronto said:

Why should the calendar be affected because of that? Usually Continental championships happen in June and provide a last chance for athletes to qualify for Rio...

besides RSA didn't give the VISA to many of our atheltes , shame

and the best continental athletes will not  participate , this champs is a joke

[heywoodu 16,004]

14 minutes ago, bestmen said:

besides RSA didn't give the VISA to many of our atheltes , shame

and the best continental athletes will not  participate , this champs is a joke

It does have a chance for a WL, depending on whether or not Semenya wants it. 

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

An off the field news:

 

The former Aviva parisian meeting will move from the Stade de France  to the much smaller Charléty Stadium (20 K, possibly to expand to 24K) from 2017 onwards. With the loss of their name-sponsor and Bolt on his way out, the french federation is looking for a much, much reduced bill (800 K€ at the moment). Besides the meeting was far from a full house the later years.

 

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Veteran athletics fans might remember the stadium from the Meeting de Paris which was held in that stadium up to the late 90's. The french federation is also looking to hold the 2020 euro championship in that stadium.

Edited June 20, 2016 by De_Gambassi

[heywoodu 16,004]

28 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

An off the field news:

 

The former Aviva parisian meeting will move from the Stade de France  to the much smaller Charléty Stadium (20 K, possibly to expand to 24K) from 2017 onwards. With the loss of their name-sponsor and Bolt on his way out, the french federation is looking for a much, much reduced bill (800 K€ at the moment). Besides the meeting was far from a full house the later years.

 

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Veteran athletics fans might remember the stadium from the Meeting de Paris which was held in that stadium up to the late 90's. The french federation is also looking to hold the 2020 euro championship in that stadium.

 

That might not be a bad idea I think right? I mean, I very much prefer a relatively full "small" stadium than a huge stadium that's filled for 10%.. 

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

il y a 6 minutes, heywoodu a déclaré:

 

That might not be a bad idea I think right? I mean, I very much prefer a relatively full "small" stadium than a huge stadium that's filled for 10%.. 

 

Yes, as far as I'm concerned.it will be better that way. The atmosphere should be much friendlier and the stadium should easely be filled up (they were still 40K spectators last year).

 

The stadium is also in Paris proper, unlike the Stade de France.

Edited June 20, 2016 by De_Gambassi

[Майкл 561]

IOC decided that athletes coming from Kenya/Russia to Rio will have to be declared compliant by the IAAF if they are to compete.

Edited June 21, 2016 by Майкл