Athletics 2016 Discussion Thread

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2 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

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

 

Blasphemous decision.

[nenad 452]

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 16,004]

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

[heywoodu 16,004]

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 ( ) 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)

Men's 1500m: No Silas Kiplagat, did I miss him falling back in form or something?

Men's 3000m steeple: Birech surprisingly didn't even finish the race, while Kemboi will go for his umpteenth major gold joined by the two Kipruto's. 

Edited July 1, 2016 by heywoodu

[hckošice 15,520]

Team Slovakia already in Amsterdam . Good luck ! and enjoy the champs !

 

 

 

schedule of the championships http://www.amsterdam2016.org/images/fe/editor/NEW_programma_A4_v3.pdf

[Gianlu33 5,276]

Italian Team join in Italy. Tomorrow "Casa Italia" will be open

 

In the photo a small part of the team

 

[Gianlu33 5,276]

European Championship starts I hope in a good edition

[heywoodu 16,004]

5 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

European Championship starts I hope in a good edition

I always like championships in these old stadiums  

[dcro 10,210]

Live stream is a mess at the moment.

[heywoodu 16,004]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

Live stream is a mess at the moment.

Maybe this one works outside the Netherlands as well? (I doubt it, but you never know)

http://nos.nl/livestream/2115223-ek-atletiek-ochtendsessie.html