Athletics 2026

[Brazilian Villain]

Might have been Joe_C then.

Possibly, I think Elizabeth Olsen is more CD's cup of tea.

[cdbearsfan]

She's a handsome girl but probably relatively unlikely to participate in the European Athletics Championship.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Olsen sounds Nordic, I'm sure they can find a way to fit her in.

[cdbearsfan]

Popped the athletics on half an hour and Britain have won three golds in that time. Not bad.

[cdbearsfan]

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe becomes first runner to break two hour barrier in marathon.

[Villa Lew]

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe becomes first runner to break two hour barrier in marathon.

Second placed Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha also ran in it in under 2 hours, amazing.

[maidstonevillain]

But could he do it on a wet Tuesday night in Bolton? 😁

[TopDeck113]

As someone who now finds a 30.minute parkrun increasingly out of reach, a sub-2 hour marathon beggars belief.

[Sexual Ealing]

It's easy when you're running through a lawless Islamist no-go area. The poor lad must've been terrified.

[AV82EC]

It's easy when you're running through a lawless Islamist no-go area. The poor lad must've been terrified.

Ha ha

[Somniloquism]

At least he will be able to outrun the robots China are training up.

[Risso]

It looks like the new Adidas trainers played their part. All of the top 3 in the marathon were wearing them yesterday, and they made them much lighter and springier than the previous iteration. I think I read that for elite athletes, the new shoes were saving about 1% in running economy, which over two hours is about a minute, and that's what Sawe knocked off the old world record.

Obviously there's a lot more to it than that, and Sawe is genuinely a Usain Bolt-like freak for long distance running, but the shoes certainly helped.

[usav]

4 minute mile pace for a marathon is absolutely insane. 

[Somniloquism]

I've just applied as a volunteer for the European Athletics Champs in August.

Got a job driving. What or who I will be driving I have no idea.

[Villa Lew]

I've just applied as a volunteer for the European Athletics Champs in August.

Got a job driving. What or who I will be driving I have no idea.

So it'll be no sleeping on the job for you!