Athletics Thread

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Is there anywhere to watch it?

I'll try and find the stream again. The Bol race is about 25 minutes in

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Is there anywhere to watch it?

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Nick Griggs: Tyrone talent produces big 5,000m breakthrough at Morton Games

Nick Griggs smashes his 5,000m personal best by over 23 seconds when clocking 13:13.07 to finish second at the Morton Games in Dublin.

www.bbc.co.uk

Another talented young athlete.

Just noticed he's running the 3k at the London Diamond league meeting.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Just a heads up, the European U18 championships start tomorrow, Thursday til Sunday. It's being streamed live here.

"European Athletics Homepage | European Athletics" https://www.european-athletics.com/home

And also on the European Athletics YouTube channel.

 

[oldius]

I've just been skipping through that meeting after the football, I love Bol, but it's a very fast track and there's PB's, galore. Think it may be at altitude in the Swiss Alps.

I didn't know that. Nevertheless, a race to look forward to.

 

[normskih]

Bol is just incredible.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Bol is just incredible.

She is, got my fingers crossed for her for Paris.

We may have another girl off the British women's 800m conveyor belt. Shakira King ran a 2:02 800m aged just 15 in June, and followed it up with a 2:01, but that was a mixed sex race so the time doesn't count officially.

She's the 2nd fastest U18 in the world behind Phoebe Gill, and is running the European U18 championships this week. Think she may just have turned 16 now.

Fun fact, the last European U18 championships, Britain topped the medal table with 8 golds, all won by the girls, think the boys need to step up this time.

 

[oldius]

She is, got my fingers crossed for her for Paris.

We may have another girl off the British women's 800m conveyor belt. Shakira King ran a 2:02 800m aged just 15 in June, and followed it up with a 2:01, but that was a mixed sex race so the time doesn't count officially.

She's the 2nd fastest U18 in the world behind Phoebe Gill, and is running the European U18 championships this week. Think she may just have turned 16 now.

Fun fact, the last European U18 championships, Britain topped the medal table with 8 golds, all won by the girls, think the boys need to step up this time.

Second fastest U18 at age 15? WOW!
Clearly, her talent was identified early:

 

[oldius]

I hope I get to see the removal of those forty-year-old world records from the books in the 400m and 800m for women. And Flo Jo's times too, which are slowly seeming within reach.

 

[normskih]

I watched the documentary on Daley Thompson on BBC the other day. What a phenomenal athlete he was. Your memory fades after years but I remember certain aspects of the Olympics he was involved in. But I forgot the tussles with the German and when I saw it, I recalled some of it. Thompson really was exceptional.