Athletics 2016 Discussion Thread

Майкл · July 1, 2016

2 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

IAAF allow to compete Julija Stepanova at Olympic Games (maybe under Russian flag? )

Blasphemous decision.

nenad · July 1, 2016

On 25.6.2016. at 16:45, heywoodu said:

Only 2:02 800m heat for Semenya

Tomorrow is the final, want to bet? I say she goes under 1:55

The winner gets one internet point

i think your point about Semenya is well understood across this forum, i don't see need to repeat it like 10000 times

heywoodu · July 1, 2016

5 minutes ago, nenad said:

i think your point about Semenya is well understood across this forum, i don't see need to repeat it like 10000 times

:roflmao:

heywoodu · July 1, 2016

And to actually get back on the topic of athletics instead of personal stuff, Kenyan trials are over:

Main things are of course in the middle-to-long distances:

Women's 800m: Wambui beats Sum and will likely battle it out with Semenya and Niyonsaba for the medals in Rio.

Women's 5k: Apparently Obiri has really made the move from 1500m to 5k now, with success.

Women's 10k: Aprot didn't run in the trials, but got a wild card thanks to her solo 30:26 in Durban last week.

Men's 800m: Kipketer ( :bowdown: ) for basically the first time ever showed a good tactical race and won ahead of Rotich, while Rudisha surprisingly had to give it everything in the last meters to get the third and final spot... (while in the semi's he was still clearly the best)