Athletics Thread

[chesterbells]

Thought Coe spoke well there about the future of the sport. He’s absolutely correct when he says the top athletes don’t compete often enough and the ‘peak’ of the season is too brief to be a financially sustainable model. The athletes need to get on board with that, when you compare how often they compete compared to men and women in other sports.

Apparently some of the tickets for these evening sessions cost £20 - in other words, sensible pricing to fill the stadium to a decent level.

Further to this, similar thoughts in this article by Cathal Dennehy, which starts off about Bol, but opens up to compare athletics to tennis. Think I agree with when is being said here.

Femke Bol Has raced 24 times in 2023, and it is building the sport, by Cathal Dennehy

Femke Bol is a joy for our sport with 24 races in 2023, and Cathal Dennehy, who has been writing

www.runblogrun.com

 

[MCFC1993]

Silver for Keely.

Gutted for her, finally beats Mu and Moraa takes the gold.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Jamaican relay team is Mcdonald, Barnes, Clarke and Watson.
A few old City players there

 

[MCFC1993]

Femke Bol, just brilliant, more than made up for falling at the start of week, superb run to get gold for the Dutch.

 

[normskih]

Femke Bol, just brilliant, more than made up for falling at the start of week, superb run to get gold for the Dutch.

What a fantastic performance. From coming back from the disappointment of the mixed relay fall to that run, it’s quite outstanding.

 

[blue whippet]

Femke Bol, just brilliant, more than made up for falling at the start of week, superb run to get gold for the Dutch.

She ran a fantastic last leg in that relay.

 

[tommybooth]

Been an excellent watch. Down the pub tomorrow evening.

 

[chesterbells]

Been an excellent watch. Down the pub tomorrow evening.

Lol, inspired you that much?
You gonna jog there? ;-)

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Germany won zero medals. That’s an astonishing fact.

Good to see India and Pakistan doing well in the javelin. More power to their elbow, I say.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Been an excellent watch. Down the pub tomorrow evening.

Will you be running up to the bar?

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Good to see India and Pakistan doing well in the javelin. More power to their elbow, I say.

The commentator commented that the 3 Indian javelin throwers were cricketers and reckoned this helped in their run up and throwing technique

 

[FantasyIreland]

Really enjoyed it,some incredible totty.

 

[stonerblue]

The Italian woman long jumper and the first leg of UK 400m relay team were worth the entrance fee alone.

 

[KS55]

Further to this, similar thoughts in this article by Cathal Dennehy, which starts off about Bol, but opens up to compare athletics to tennis. Think I agree with when is being said here.

Femke Bol Has raced 24 times in 2023, and it is building the sport, by Cathal Dennehy

Femke Bol is a joy for our sport with 24 races in 2023, and Cathal Dennehy, who has been writing

www.runblogrun.com

Silver for Keely.

Gutted for her, finally beats Mu and Moraa takes the gold.

I thought Keely’s running earlier in the season was not as smooth as previously. Maybe a bit laboured here? I still love her, though.

 

[chesterbells]

A busy day today so a quick heads up for anyone who enjoyed the champs last week, the biggest one day meeting of the year is tonight in Zurich.
The Weltklasse, or the one day Olympics as it used to be known, is on 7-9pm tonight, BBC2 and Eurosport.

 

[chesterbells]

First upset of the night, 400mH

 

[chesterbells]

Brilliant from Laura Muir there, that’s more like it.

Actually think Josh Kerr was unlucky in his race and didn’t even realise the American was coming through until it was too late.

 

[Blue Potato]

A busy day today so a quick heads up for anyone who enjoyed the champs last week, the biggest one day meeting of the year is tonight in Zurich.
The Weltklasse, or the one day Olympics as it used to be known, is on 7-9pm tonight, BBC2 and Eurosport.

Thanks for the info, just put it on in time to see the 200m. Good race, looks like very different conditions compared to Budapest last week

 

[chesterbells]

Thanks for the info, just put it on in time to see the 200m. Good race, looks like very different conditions compared to Budapest last week

Yep, all the performances seem a tad down on Budapest.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Diamond League from Brussels tonight, 19.00-21.00 BBC2. Lot's of World champions taking part.