Athletics 2018 Discussion Thread

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

4'49'' for the WR ; 4'40"" for 9100 points 

[heywoodu 16,004]

2 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

4'49'' for the WR ; 4'40"" for 9100 points 

And as a point of reference: his slowest competitive 1500m ever was 4:36  

 

In the last 2-3 years he's not as fast on it anymore as he was early on in his career when he ran low 4:20's or even sub-4:20's, but yeah, this is gonna be a huge, huge WR if he doesn't get hit by a Segway or something before the start  

 

 

[heywoodu 16,004]

The 1500m is about to start, history in the making.

[heywoodu 16,004]

Jesus, world record and then the TV misses his finish

 

[heywoodu 16,004]

9126  

[thepharoah 2,413]

WOW ! 2 WRs in 1 day 

[Bohemia 1,447]

Wow WR  He probably could have done it at the European championships too

Too bad that I just came home from work and missed it (at least he showed every event on his Instagram story)

[EselTheDonkey 834]

Incredible 

[OlympicsFan 860]

Very interesting progression by Mayer in the 100 m sprint, he never seemed to have any talent in this event and then in his 20s he suddenly exploded and became a super-sprinter.

I thought that Kaul would take the world record directly from Eaton, but Mayer made it considerably more difficult now, if Kaul shows the same development in the sprints, he will definitely take the world record, otherwise it will be very difficult.

[Xander 53]

U18 Ukraine-Belarus-Turkey match meeting. It was cold and rainy.

 

Valeriya Ivanenko set the national record (75.80). She's just 25cm away from the world record best performance in women's hammer throw.

 

Yaroslava Mahuchikh (women's HJ) had awesome jump at 1.85 but she refused from jumping 1.90 because of heavy rain/weather conditions + she didn't want to catch cold before YOG.

Edited September 22, 2018 by Xander