Athletics IAAF Diamond League 2018

[George_D 1,205]

6 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

8.83m for 19 yo Echevarria, 47.41s for Samba & 47.81s for Warholm, 69.67m for Dacres & 69.59m for Gudzius, 49.84s for Naser, 12.38s for McNeal & 12.48s for Williams so far in Stockholm ...

the successor of Ivan Pedroso!!

[OlympicsFan 858]

Am 11.6.2018 um 00:07 schrieb George_D:

the successor of Ivan Pedroso!!

I don't think so, Echevarria will be remembered as one of the biggest legends of athletics once he retires, even bigger than Pedroso. I think it's only a matter of time until he will break the 9 m mark and i doubt that anyone of us will live long enough to witness another man jumping 9 m, so you guys better follow all his competitions very closely, because history is about to be rewritten. Another thing that amazes me is how many talented athletes Cuba produces in triple/long jump and boxing/wrestling, not to mention their talent production in baseball ...

[heywoodu 15,145]

5 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Another thing that amazes me is how many talented athletes Cuba produces in triple/long jump

And how many of those incredibly talented young guys eventually don't quite make it in the senior levels or sort of get stuck at a level that's just not high enough for the best of the world. I hope Echevarria will be different, much like Pichardo I like him.

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor 21 Stunden schrieb heywoodu:

And how many of those incredibly talented young guys eventually don't quite make it in the senior levels or sort of get stuck at a level that's just not high enough for the best of the world. I hope Echevarria will be different, much like Pichardo I like him.

Not surprising considering the standard of living there, i think it's much more difficult for them to stay inury free + i don't think that the question whether you get funding is just based on your performances and potential + it's probably much more difficult to focus on sport over there and block out everything else.

[Gianlu33 4,574]

46.98 for Samba, it's the new asian record  

[rybak 3,218]

9 minut temu, Gianlu33 napisał:

46.98 for Samba, it's the new asian record  

Also new his PB, DL record and ofc World Lead 

[rybak 3,218]

2.04 for Mariya Lasitskene 

[Swewi 384]

23 minutes ago, rybak said:

2.04 for Mariya Lasitskene 

so close on 2.08 to tie Vlasic and Bergqvist as 2nd ever also!

[Olympian1010 7,977]

1 hour ago, Gianlu33 said:

46.98 for Samba, it's the new asian record  

He honestly looked like he was jogging, McMaster also looked good as well

[OlympicsFan 858]

Warholm continues to improve, but this still might not be enough to win a medal in 2019 or 2020, given the recent improvements of Samba, Benjamin and McMaster, although i think it's very likely that at least one of them will get caught in the next couple of years.