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Haven’t given enough credit to Kambundji. Fourth on the all-time list! Quand même, Swoboda messed it up.

Swoboda utterly messed that up.

long jumpers* are always just converted sprinters. When things go wrong, they don’t have the skills to rescue themselves.

Vermont Dairy Farmer! Just out of the NCAA. Commentators there always mentioned the cows.

It’s a plot against Orthodox countries by….oh yeah, right.

Think you have to keep a certain amount of pressure on the blocks though.

South American record for Rosa

Crazy judging, relying on the machine rather than something that was obvious to the naked eye.

I notice (wasn’t closely following the TJ earlier) that the long jump board judging is all automatic now.

Elliot Giles DNS in the 800m, would definitely have been a contender. Injured in warm-up according to the BBC.

In fact, the DQ was for running short distance. Should appeal for a solo re-run, those can be given.

They’re really going all-in on these new screen graphics, eh?

Huge mess in Heat 3, there will be DQs.

Can you get to BBC Sport streaming or YouTube World Athletics channel? You’ll need a VPN.

Relegation for ? Did definitely take out the Nope, gets away with it. More bad news for - Carvalho DQ from the 400m - broke from his lane too early.

guy very p*ssed off!

SB for , Afriat goes to the top of the list for the 2026 2-Women Brakeman candidates.

guilty as hell!

Some unreliable timings early on.

Bah! Stupid mask rituals.

Some familiar family names here!

Good to see some opposition from non-participants, but as long as the women directly affected are too cowardly to take a public stand this bully is going to be continue bullying then. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10625251/Trans-swimmer-Lia-Thomas-wins-500-yard-freestyle-NCAA-championships.html#comments And in case you think that the NCAA means nothing, the true champion is Olympic 400m IM silver medallist Emma Weyant. So Thomas is capable of destroying the sport at a global level. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10626265/Uni-Virginia-swimmer-hailed-heroine-coming-second-NCAA-final-trans-rival-Lia-Thomas.html

There’s on constant that links the Rus’ of St Vladimir with the Russia of Vladimir Putin. Whether Russian troops go to Byzantium or the Ukraine, wine cellars will be the first thing to be looted. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10625665/IAN-BIRRELL-Putins-thugs-carrying-terror-tactics-Ukraine.html

Full startlists. https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62338eba112da7b13e230b24.pdf

But you can get BBC2 & BBC1. can't you? No worries in that case, think there's only about half an hour the whole weekend that isn't on one or the other.