heywoodu 13,504 Posted July 17, 2020 #161 Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Grassmarket said: Athletics in the 2020s will be a repeat of the 1990s. We already have Fiona May’s daughter, Erki Nool’s son, Virgilius Alekna’s two sons, Tomas Dvorak’s twin daughters.... Oh, I thought in terms of insane results (although then the 1980s would have been better now that I think about it) due to the whole COVID-19 thing messing up the regular doping control system If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted July 18, 2020 #162 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Rare strong performance by a Dutch athlete in the 400m hurdles. Femke Bol ran 53,79 and broke the old (1998) Dutch record by nearly a second. She already ran 54,47 two weeks ago, but with only one opponent that wasn't recognized, today she had two opponents and that's the minimum requirement If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted July 18, 2020 #163 Share Posted July 18, 2020 53,79? That's faster than Polish NR from 2007 (53,86) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted July 18, 2020 #164 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Just now, Monzanator said: 53,79? That's faster than Polish NR from 2007 (53,86) And in the past 4,5 years - that's one Olympics and two WCh's - only eleven women were faster worldwide. It's really quite something If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted July 18, 2020 #165 Share Posted July 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, heywoodu said: And in the past 4,5 years - that's one Olympics and two WCh's - only eleven women were faster worldwide. It's really quite something Makes me wonder how long until Femke Bol replaces Dafne Schippers as the new Dutch #1 in athletics? Good thing she's not Russian, otherwise we'd have doping accusations running around now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted July 18, 2020 #166 Share Posted July 18, 2020 26 minutes ago, Monzanator said: Makes me wonder how long until Femke Bol replaces Dafne Schippers as the new Dutch #1 in athletics? Good thing she's not Russian, otherwise we'd have doping accusations running around now Yeah, it's not like we don't have that running around about Schippers She can replace Schippers right now for all I care, she is infinitely more likeable. Then again, the 400m hurdles isn't the 100m or 200m and so won't get the same kind of attention for a long time, unless Bol really pulls out amazing stuff. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted July 18, 2020 #167 Share Posted July 18, 2020 It's not like Netherlands has one event they own (like Poland in hammer throw ) so I suppose if Bol becomes a force your country will quickly become a fan of 400m hurdles (like Norway on the men's side ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzha 513 Posted July 18, 2020 #168 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Incredible time by Bol! And like Heywoodu said, a really likeable athlete in the interviews I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted July 18, 2020 #169 Share Posted July 18, 2020 20 minutes ago, Jinzha said: Incredible time by Bol! And like Heywoodu said, a really likeable athlete in the interviews I've seen. Everyone seems likeable when not spoiled by media attention. Somehow I feel like Schippers was far more liked when she beat her 800m PB by 7 seconds to win that heptathlon bronze in Moscow 2013 IIRC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted July 18, 2020 #170 Share Posted July 18, 2020 16 minutes ago, Monzanator said: Everyone seems likeable when not spoiled by media attention. Somehow I feel like Schippers was far more liked when she beat her 800m PB by 7 seconds to win that heptathlon bronze in Moscow 2013 IIRC? Schippers went from pretty normal/quite nice (in terms of how she came across) to absolute diva basically the minute she switched to full-time sprinting, yes. Monzanator 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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