Nickyc707 305 Posted June 4, 2021 #1121 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Portland, Oregon Men's 1500m Josh Kerr 3:31.55 Improves his PB by more than four seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,701 Posted June 4, 2021 #1122 Share Posted June 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nickyc707 said: Portland, Oregon Men's 1500m Josh Kerr 3:31.55 Improves his PB by more than four seconds. Fastest time ever run in the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted June 4, 2021 #1123 Share Posted June 4, 2021 19 minutes ago, Dragon said: Fastest time ever run in the USA 7th fastest ever by a Brit. The only one's who have run faster are Farah, Coe, Cram, Ovett and from the current generation Jake Wightman and Charlie Grice who he will face at the Olympic trials. The strength of British middle distance running is amazing at the moment and the 800 and 1500m trials in both the men's and women's events are going to be blockbusters. There are going to be some very disappointed athletes who won't be going to Tokyo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,242 Posted June 4, 2021 #1124 Share Posted June 4, 2021 has confirmed some new names for the team Mohammed Ahmed (St. Catharines, Ont.) – Men’s 10,000 metres Mathieu Bilodeau (Quebec City, Que.) – Men’s 50-kilometre race walk Malindi Elmore (Kelowna, B.C.) – Women’s marathon Cameron Levins (Black Creek, B.C.) – Men’s marathon Ben Preisner (Milton, Ont.) – Men’s marathon Andrea Seccafien (Guelph, Ont.) – Women’s 10,000 metres Natasha Wodak (North Vancouver, B.C.) – Women’s marathon Benolympique and Wumo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,221 Posted June 5, 2021 #1125 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I found out recently that some Iranian athletes who qualified for 2012 and 2016 Olympics cheated their way into it. of course I have no proof but I'm almost sure about at least two of them. (I suspect 5 or 6) it seems in certain countries (mostly Belarus) you can get whatever result you want!!! while checking some results this one caught my attention, this guy from Bahrain all of a sudden qualified for the Olympics by a 21.10m throw in Belarus. (which is equal to the qualification mark) his other results are much weaker. I think this is at best suspicious . (or maybe he is young and improved big time ) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/bahrain/abdelrahman-mahmoud-14847215 dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted June 5, 2021 #1126 Share Posted June 5, 2021 5 hours ago, MHSN said: I found out recently that some Iranian athletes who qualified for 2012 and 2016 Olympics cheated their way into it. of course I have no proof but I'm almost sure about at least two of them. (I suspect 5 or 6) it seems in certain countries (mostly Belarus) you can get whatever result you want!!! while checking some results this one caught my attention, this guy from Bahrain all of a sudden qualified for the Olympics by a 21.10m throw in Belarus. (which is equal to the qualification mark) his other results are much weaker. I think this is at best suspicious . (or maybe he is young and improved big time ) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/bahrain/abdelrahman-mahmoud-14847215 Same thing is going on in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are usually a little more "subtle". As in, their athletes don't achieve literally the exact required standards (like basically the whole Armenian team did for 2016). But still, they achieve massive and suspicious PBs at home events which they never repeat somewhere outside. MHSN 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,581 Posted June 5, 2021 #1127 Share Posted June 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, dcro said: Same thing is going on in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are usually a little more "subtle". As in, their athletes don't achieve literally the exact required standards (like basically the whole Armenian team did for 2016). But still, they achieve massive and suspicious PBs at home events which they never repeat somewhere outside. The funniest was in 2016 there was an Armenian girl who primarily ran 400m but somehow qualified in 400m hurdles. Her 400m hurdles PB (which she never came close to ever again) is actually better than her 400m PB, lmao https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/armenia/lilit-harutyunyan-14421034 dodge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 703 Posted June 5, 2021 #1128 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I just had a look at her 2016 result! 1:03.13 Just behind the runner from Uzbekistan on time Makedonas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolby 712 Posted June 5, 2021 #1129 Share Posted June 5, 2021 30 minutes ago, dcro said: Same thing is going on in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are usually a little more "subtle". As in, their athletes don't achieve literally the exact required standards (like basically the whole Armenian team did for 2016). But still, they achieve massive and suspicious PBs at home events which they never repeat somewhere outside. Indian athletics team also goes to Kazakhstan just before every Olympics for same reason. World Athletics is also well aware of this problem. I think the present ranking system was brought in to combat this problem to an extent. Also, this phenomenon is not limited to athletics. Recently, an Indian swimmer raised questions over a Tashkent meet. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnl 659 Posted June 5, 2021 #1130 Share Posted June 5, 2021 6 hours ago, MHSN said: I found out recently that some Iranian athletes who qualified for 2012 and 2016 Olympics cheated their way into it. of course I have no proof but I'm almost sure about at least two of them. (I suspect 5 or 6) it seems in certain countries (mostly Belarus) you can get whatever result you want!!! while checking some results this one caught my attention, this guy from Bahrain all of a sudden qualified for the Olympics by a 21.10m throw in Belarus. (which is equal to the qualification mark) his other results are much weaker. I think this is at best suspicious . (or maybe he is young and improved big time ) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/bahrain/abdelrahman-mahmoud-14847215 *elizabeth swaney has entered the chat* Well we could be mad at it orrrr just maybe we should all go and amazingly qualify for the Olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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