Athletics 2018 Discussion Thread

[Wumo 3,000]

A Ryder Cup-style match between Europe and the United States will be staged ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Doha in the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk, Belarus, on 9-10 September 2019. 

The Match will take place across two days with the following programme of men’s and women’s events contested during these two days.

 

Track:

100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 110m hurdles (M), 100m hurdles (W), 400m hurdles, 3000m steeplechase, 4x100m relay, Medley Relay (mixed 200m-200m-400m-800m, with 1 woman and 1 man running 200 m in the order defined by each team, and then a woman 400m and a man at 800m)

 

Jumps:

High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump

 

Throws:

Shot Put, Discus Throw, Hammer Throw, Javelin Throw

 

The four divisions of the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships from 9-11 August will act as the qualifying event for the match.

 

http://www.european-athletics.org/news/article=europe-united-states-match-set-staged-minsk-2019/index.html

[heywoodu 14,918]

Not even a Track'athlon

[heywoodu 14,918]

€7000 for winning an event, wow! I'm sure the best of the best will get out of bed for it.

[Bearas 521]

 Austra Skujytė finally received her bronze medal for London 2012 Heptathlon:

[Olympian1010 7,946]

On 09/12/2018 at 10:26, ahjfcshfghb said:

I was just speaking to the Vice President of the Vatican Athletics Club (Athletica Vaticana) and he said they are applying for IAAF membership... imagine that! 

https://m.facebook.com/athleticavaticana/

So, technically, in theory, we could see them become an real NOC or at least a World Championships contender

[ahjfcshfghb 287]

19 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

So, technically, in theory, we could see them become an real NOC or at least a World Championships contender

I wouldn't get too ahead of ourselves, but there are definitely forces trying to make that happen  

[Xander 53]

"Christmas Starts" in Minsk:

 

1.  Maria Lasitskene - 2.00

2.  Kateryna Tabashnyk - 1.98 (PB) 

3.  Yuliya Levchenko - 1.98

4.  Yaroslava Mahuchikh - 1.96 (=U18 WB , U20 ER)

.....

horrendous 1.80 for Iryna Herashchenko.

quite modest 1.80 for Alina Shukh from heptathlon.

 

Yaroslava Mahuchikh:

 

Maksim Nedasekau won men's competitions with 2.30.

Edited December 23, 2018 by Xander