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4x400m guys define what running for the vest means!

van der Walt doubles up in the 400m with two NRs!

What on earth was the firstleg runner doing?

Another great race from the Señoritas.

men drop it!

boot out of the LL spot!

Wow, beat !!!!

Storming Women's 4x100m from !

only have the Mixed 4x400m team -lead runner injured after 50m

put the big names into the Mixed, get the Q. & get the Lucky Loser spots

& our first Qs for Tokyo. suffering from team politics.

& now the ones with red faces. Actually finish, but with a slow time. Same for It is the W-M exchange that's causing all the problems as predicted.

& our first dropped batons of the meet! take the World Record!

Off we go with a very cut-price opening ceremony. Perfect baton-dropping weather! Mixed 4x100 first up!

And also top the plastic surgery charts.

Draws for the World Relays now out. Reports of problems as some of the usual-suspect nations are unable to cope with Chinese bureaucracy, pay their athletes etc etc., So expect some DNS. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/guangzhou25/timetable?day=1&disciplineCode=4X1

And a whole pile of domestic meets - this is of course in addition to the Diamond League and the World Tour Gold meets which come under different contracts. As do Race Walking and Multi-Event meets. May 11 May – 18. ročník Hvězdného házení, Domažlice (CZE) – Bronze 25 May – International pole vault meeting “Lisek w domu”, Duszniki (POL) – Bronze 25 May – Papaflessia 2025, Kalamata (GRE) – Challenger 28 May – 15th Filathlitkos Kallitheas International Jumping Meeting, Athina (GRE) – Bronze 31 May – Meeting Nikaia, Nice (FRA) – Bronze 31 May – Tag der Überflieger day 1, Essen (GER) – Bronze June 1 June – Tag der Überflieger day 2, Essen (GER) – Bronze 1 June – Venizeleia-Chania International Meeting, Chania (GRE) – Bronze 1 June – Goldenes Oval Dresden, Dresden (GER) – Silver 3 June – Trond Mohn Games, Bergen (NOR) – Silver 7 June – Alexandrino Meeting - Georgios Pantos Memorial, Alexandria (GRE) – Challenger 7 June – 60. Internationales Pfingstsportfest Rehlingen, Rehlingen (GER) – Silver 10 June – Filothei Women Gala, Athina (GRE) – Silver 10 June – Meeting International de Montreuil, Montreuil (FRA) – Bronze 10 June – Kladno hází a Kladenské memoriály, Kladno (CZE) – Bronze 11 June – JBL Jump Fest, Košice (SVK) – Silver 12 June – JBL Jump Fest day 2, Košice (SVK) – Silver 14 June – Mityng na Rynku w Białymstoku, Białystok (POL) – Bronze 18 June – COSMA Cup, Kaunas (LTU) – Bronze 19 June – Liese Prokop Memorial, St. Pölten (AUT) – Bronze 21 June – 27. Anhalt Meeting Dessau, Dessau (GER) – Bronze 21 June – Atletica Geneve, Genève (SUI) – Bronze 22 June – Piraeus Street Long Jump, Piraeus (GRE) – Silver 24 June – BRNĚNSKÁ LAŤKA 2025, Brno (CZE) – Silver July 4 July – Meeting Stanislas Nancy, Nancy (FRA) – Silver 5 July – International Meeting Jose Antonio Peña, Ordizia (ESP) – Bronze 5 July – Dromia International Sprint and Relays, Vari (GRE) – Silver 6 July – Fly Athens, Athens (GRE) – Silver 7 July – Meeting International Sotteville 2025, Sotteville (FRA) – Silver 8 July – Cork City Sports, Cork (IRL) – Bronze 11 July – Morton Games, Dublin (IRL) – Bronze 12 July – Moore Guldensporenmeeting, Kortrijk (BEL) – Bronze 13 July – LIGNANO MEETING, Lignano Sabbiadoro (ITA) – Bronze 15 July – Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern, Luzern (SUI) – Silver 16 July – Meeting International d'Athlétisme de la Province de Liège 2025, Liège (BEL) – Bronze 23 July – Raiffeisen AUSTRIAN OPEN Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt (AUT) – Silver August 10 August – Memorial Zbigniewa Ludwichowskiego, Olsztyn (POL) – Bronze 13 August – Copenhagen Athletics Games, Copenhagen (DEN) – Bronze 14 August – Grand Slam Jerusalem Meeting, Jerusalem (ISR) – Silver TBC 16 August – CITIUS meeting, Bern (SUI) – Silver

European Athletics announce which of the lower-division meets will be streamed Free To Air this season! First up, the International Championships. 18 May - European Race Walking Championships, Poděbrady (CZE) 24 May – European 10,000m Cup, Pacé (FRA) 24-29 June – European Athletics Team Championships Division 2 & 3, Maribor (SLO) 27-29 June – European Athletics Team Championships Division 1, Madrid (ESP) 17-20 July - European Athletics U23 Championships, Bergen (NOR) 7-10 August – European Athletics U20 Championships, Tampere (FIN) Some of these might be picked up by your national broadcaster though - usually happens with the Team Championships at any rate and probably the age groups in some countries.

Think you'll find that atheists, although they arrived late to the party, have comfortably beaten even the most bigoted of believers for mass murder. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao & Pol Pot have all set records that hopefully will never be broken.

@sindo Could we get an official thread for the World Relays? Lots of info to come over the next couple of days before they start. Where to watch | Guangzhou 25 | World Athletics Relay

World Cup III in this weekend. Semis Friday & Saturday, Finals Sunday. Live on olympics.com

Think that the sport has changed over the last 40 years, and is now much more specialised. Back in ye olden days of the 80s it was absolutely routine for hurdlers to double up at least enough to do a decent 4x100m leg, 200m runners to do a 4x400m, and of course the classic 800m/1500m or 5000m/10000m.

Hayden Wilde has had a training bike crash - sounds pretty chewed up & will miss the early rounds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/triathlon/articles/c4g2nr1l53qo

Seems that "Ah shit!" is also part of the language of Dante now. 5-4 after 6. But very decent of to concede a very narrow call without wasting time. Oh, classic Mosaner muscle shot! Italy shot for a 4..... Make it! Hugs & tears! 9 4 is final & a 22 Game Major streak for !

Get the prosecco in the fridge and the gelato in the freezer because it looks like you're heading for Gold! 5-1 after 5!