Athletics 2023/2024

[nigel]

A couple of World records at the Diamond League.
Ingebrigtsen showing some real class, which makes you wonder what happened at the Olympics.
Duplatis adds another cm to the pole vault. He looks as if he could go much higher, too. I was told that he only adds a cm at an event as each time he breaks it he get a massive bonus 💰

[Risso]

Yep, superb run by Ingebritsen.

[nigel]

Going back to the 2012 Olympics

I vaguely remember the ‘not competing on a level playing field’ interview
Didn’t realise it had got this bad

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cewlqxkn5x8o

[cdbearsfan]

When you get "stripped of a medal", do they actually send someone round to your house to collect it? What happens if you say you've lost it? Or do they just keep making new medals?

[Risso]

Going back to the 2012 Olympics


I vaguely remember the ‘not competing on a level playing field’ interview
Didn’t realise it had got this bad


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cewlqxkn5x8o

"The Russian middle-distance runner, now 49, was on Tuesday stripped of the silver medal she won in that event, as well as being banned from the sport for 10 years."


That'll larn her!

[nigel]

When you get "stripped of a medal", do they actually send someone round to your house to collect it? What happens if you say you've lost it? Or do they just keep making new medals?

I’d guess it would need to be returned. But, as you say, what if they say it’s been lost?

[nigel]

Going back to the 2012 Olympics


I vaguely remember the ‘not competing on a level playing field’ interview
Didn’t realise it had got this bad


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cewlqxkn5x8o

"The Russian middle-distance runner, now 49, was on Tuesday stripped of the silver medal she won in that event, as well as being banned from the sport for 10 years."


That'll larn her!

I had to double take her age, 37 at the time, so no spring chicken then.

In a way it’s quite funny, she finishes 4th, by cheating, two cheats in front get caught and she gets the silver. It catches up with her when she thinks she’s go away with it

[Exeter 77]

It's historical cheats like that which disgust me the most. They gave not only won medals which should have gone to clean athletes but doing that they also denied them years of funding  and earnings. Basically they have stolen the careers anf futures of others.

[maidstonevillain]

When you get "stripped of a medal", do they actually send someone round to your house to collect it? What happens if you say you've lost it? Or do they just keep making new medals?

They are told to hand the medals back. Although some recipients do conveniently "lose" them.

[Exeter 77]

It appears Richard Kilty got through the Olympic 4×100M heats with a torn achilles.

https://x.com/RKilty1/status/1838251216612020248?t=m7E5uipO6kgzUDa47lUL3A&s=19

[Somniloquism]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c05p5md9gzlo

Corporate Manslaughter charges.