The Official Athletics Thread

[El Guapo]

yer man Matt Seddon on the commentary is very good too.

I hope the promote him to some of the bigger meets

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

yer man Matt Seddon on the commentary is very good too.

I hope the promote him to some of the bigger meets

Yeah he had good background on the competitors and wan't afraid to call in advance the way he thought things might go. He was very good in the race too - spotting each move as it came

 

[El Guapo]

Bislett Games is tonight on VMTV2 at 19:00

There is still something magic about those original Golden four meetings. It's been sold out for ages.

Programme & Results – Oslo

oslo.diamondleague.com

From an Irish perspective it's English and Adeleke. These are perhaps the best two races of the night too along i reckon in a programme where a 5000m WR is the target (Kajelcha and Hegos) and the big three are squaring off the 300m hurdles.

We're back to a dream mile after about 3 years of 1500s.

In the 400m how do you pick a winner?



Anning and Jaeger had the good indoor seasons, Bukowieka and Adeleke have been solid by their own standards. Whittaker has gone fastest this year.

Bukowiecka for the win but Adleke has to beat her eventually.

For English it's how low can he go behind Wanyonyi.

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Bislett Games is tonight on VMTV2 at 19:00

There is still something magic about those original Golden four meetings. It's been sold out for ages.

Programme & Results – Oslo

oslo.diamondleague.com

From an Irish perspective it's English and Adeleke. These are perhaps the best two races of the night too along i reckon in a programme where a 5000m WR is the target (Kajelcha and Hegos) and the big three are squaring off the 300m hurdles.

We're back to a dream mile after about 3 years of 1500s.

In the 400m how do you pick a winner?

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Anning and Jaeger had the good indoor seasons, Bukowieka and Adeleke have been solid by their own standards. Whittaker has gone fastest this year.

Bukowiecka for the win but Adleke has to beat her eventually.

For English it's how low can he go behind Wanyonyi.

Agree on the 400m - Bukoweicka for the win but as you say, Adeleke is never going to get after Paulinho and Naser if she can't crack the Polish beor.

The 800 should be bang bang from the start - all about hanging on.

There is a real magic to the big 4 meetings - childhood memories no doubt, watching Coe, Ovett and Cram in packed tight stadiums challenged by Frank O'Mara or Ray Flynn and the emergence of Aouita, Morceli and El Gerrouj.

Live on Virgin Media 2 from 19:00 to 21:00

 

[El Guapo]

Looks Like Grand Slam is fucked.

https://archive.ph/2025.06.12-123648/https://www.thetimes.com/sport/athletics/article/michael-johnsons-grand-slam-track-event-bankrupt-athletes-unpaid-r0jhcqldw

The times URL writers saying more than the article ever could

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Jaysus, Coscoran and Mawdesley better cash those cheques pronto

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Stadium is jammers. Here we go -Adeleke on first race.

Edit - 50.42, not terrible but way further back than she was this time last year and well off of Jaeger and Whittaker. Manning pipped her for third but she’s finally beaten Bukowiecka.

 

[markyboy]

Jaysus, Coscoran and Mawdesley better cash those cheques pronto

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

14 in the 800 - Wow, this is some field. Let’s go Mark English

Edit - 1:44.33 - never got properly on the bus. Wanyoni fairly hammered that back straight - none of the lads could get up to him in the end

 

[The truth seeker]

2 races in 4 days looks to have backfired for English.