The Official Athletics Thread

[Carmona]

Second attempt.

The Adeleke sub 50 sec. 400mt run. Seems to have lost the AI commnetary, no bad thing.

 

[an liathroid beag]

49.90!!
Adeleke hits the bigtime, the sub-50 club. Another big PB too, although the PB last month was indoors so a faster time was coming in any case.
49.90 stacks up in any field in any event - serious performance.

Back her for Olympic gold!

 

[El Guapo]

Nice vid from the Texas A&M socials

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647506221044318208

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Back her for Olympic gold!

Jaysus liathroidY, give her some space lad. That form just means she'd challenge for a place in the final - needs to drop another 0.75 seconds to be a podium contender. Don't forget there's three races over three days - the really big guns (the 48.XX merchants) deliver world-class runs three days in a row, then still manage low 49s in the final. Very difficult for a newbie to do that.

 

[El Guapo]

Jaysus liathroidY, give her some space lad. That form just means she'd challenge for a place in the final - needs to drop another 0.75 seconds to be a podium contender. Don't forget there's three races over three days - the really big guns (the 48.XX merchants) deliver world-class runs three days in a row, then still manage low 49s in the final. Very difficult for a newbie to do that.

Syd McLoughlan-Lavrone has more or less said she would try to double too. Same coach as Athing Mu so that showdown could happen at 400m. No least Femke Bol and her WR indoors on top of the Miller-Uibos and Paulinos etc.

Womens 400m will be stacked for the next few years.

Its going to be brilliant

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Nice vid from the Texas A&M socials

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647506221044318208

LOL, I read in some interview recently, her coach describing her handicap in not using her arms correctly - in terms of her arms he said she "runs like someone doing the washing up". In fairness you can see it in that vid.

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

5K splits from Boston - be some craic if the lads keep this up - 4:37 for the first (albeit downhill) mile.


Seriously stacked field too BTW...

 

[El Guapo]

As you were through 10km. I was half hoping the fella Belihu Andamlik, the guy who went with Kipchoge to halfway in berlin in 59 low would be up there. But no sign. Yer man CJ Albertson is the self proclaimed greatest downhill runner in the world

The women's lead group is about twice the size of the mens. Plenty of yanks hanging in there

 

[Carmona]

Back from work, settling down to enjoy this. 11 lads in it, very early days, 50 mins in.

 

[Carmona]

EK doing a lot of looking around and scowling at fellas. More than usual. I've seen him do that before, like in the Rio Olympics as well as with the Brazilian lad in the last one, but this is a bit odd. Wonder will he say, 'Fuck it, I'm off' soon.........