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Athletics 2019
« on: August 24, 2019, 11:06:06 PM »
Let's kick this off by congratulating Ojie Edoburun, the new British 100m national champion.


More results from today's events in Birmingham here:


https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/49460723

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2019, 06:27:57 AM »
2018-2019 Diamond League Finals:

GBR Dina Asher-Smith 100m champion! Yeahhhhhhh Brexit wins!!!!

USA Men take 100, 200, 400 and 800 titles

Christian Taylor breaks Jonathan Edwards' meet record to claim Triple Jump

USA Ajee Wilson wins women's 800m

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2019, 09:35:07 PM »
Great effort Dina. Shelley-Ann Fraser-Price is an incredible athlete.

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2019, 10:33:45 PM »
Asher-Smith is a lot younger than Fraser-Price. Potential future gold medallist?

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2019, 07:35:01 AM »
I’d say so. She won’t have peaked yet and Fraser-Price is an all time great.

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2019, 09:46:07 AM »
I think Asher-Smith might take her next year. 23-24 should see Asher-Smith getting stronger but 32-33 will see Fraser-Price either maintain her current level or go backwards.

I think Zharnel Hughes is an outside shout for an Olympic medal as well. He's been considered more of a 200m runner for a while but in the last 18months he's stepped up massively in the 100m to drop his PB down to 9.95. However, from what I've heard, he's clocked low 9.80s in training so they're working on getting him putting in those times under pressure but his coaching team think he'll break Christie's British record in the next couple of years.

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2019, 07:46:56 PM »
Medal prospects look sparse for British Athletes in these championships. Our middle distance athletes are nowhere. Gone are the days of Coe, Ovett and Cram. Where's the new Kelly Holmes ? Dina Asher-Smith is one of the few exceptions. Gemili might surprise us yet....

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2019, 09:12:12 PM »
He finished fourth. Expect DAS to add a medal of some colour or other in the 200 metres and we usually have a chance of a medal or two in the relays. Maybe KJT in the heptathlon? On that subject, why don't women do the decathlon?

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2019, 09:15:11 PM »
Doha looks like a crawl in the park.

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2019, 09:19:19 PM »
Congrats on silver for DAS in the 100 and dare we hope on the 200?

I don’t know what started the move for mixed relays but keep ‘em, they’re surprisingly exciting to watch.  No idea what the athletic payoff is, but there must be something.

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2019, 09:21:15 PM »
A decathlon is 10 of whatever.
Any woman would ask, after 7 or 8, for God’s sake, why?

That’s probably not an IAFF policy, but still.

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2019, 09:22:18 PM »
Agree, relays are great. Wouldn't mind them mixing it up further like the biathlon. Get them to chuck a javelin and then do a long jump at the end of their lap. Maybe do the long jump while their teammate throws a javelin, add an element of danger.

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2019, 09:23:38 PM »
A decathlon is 10 of whatever.
Any woman would ask, after 7 or 8, for God’s sake, why?

That’s probably not an IAFF policy, but still.

The point I was querying was why don't women do the same event as men? Seems like a throwback to an era when women were treated as dainty creatures rather than equal athletes. Or it may be that women have chosen the shorter event? I don't know.

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2019, 09:33:23 PM »
Women don't do decathlon because their flimsy lady-bodies can't handle it.

Joking aside, I don't know the real answer, but I wouldn't be against the men dropping down to seven to even it up. Having the 100 and 400, in addition to the hurdles, makes it too sprint-heavy, and the pole vault is too technical.

One sprint (200m)
One hurdles
One middle-distance (1500 or 3000, which would make it really interesting in terms of the trade-off between power and endurance)
Javelin or Discus (light / "athletic" throw)
Shot (heavy / "power"  throw)
High jump
Long jump

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Re: Athletics 2019
« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2019, 09:36:01 PM »
Agree, relays are great. Wouldn't mind them mixing it up further like the biathlon. Get them to chuck a javelin and then do a long jump at the end of their lap. Maybe do the long jump while their teammate throws a javelin, add an element of danger.

Add a crossbow and they could take out the opposition 👍

I realised what you were asking about longer/ shorter events and I don’t know either. Can’t imagine many of the Diamond athletes being worried about doing more events, though.

Like Luke:lamf’s 💡
« Last Edit: October 01, 2019, 09:42:04 PM by Louzie0 »

 


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