Athletics on TV

Woddle · 10-05-2012 6:05pm

G-Money wrote: »

Diamond League is back, starting in Doha tomorrow night (Friday). Coverage on the BBC Red Button from 5-7pm.

It doesn't seem to be getting coverage on any other BBC channel or on Eurosport when I checked about a week ago.

This red button is a load of ****e, I guess I'll be visiting my mam on Friday evening

G-Money · 10-05-2012 8:40pm

Woddle wrote: »

This red button is a load of ****e, I guess I'll be visiting my mam on Friday evening

I'm not sure but they used to show it live on the BBC Sport website when it was on the Red Button. Although I think a UK proxy is needed.

YFlyer · 11-05-2012 12:03pm

Whats the odds of Merga smashing his PB in the 3000m by over 10 seconds?

Dan man · 11-05-2012 2:47pm

Here is a link to a live stream of tomorrow's crucial Race Walking World Cup in Saransk, Russia....should be well worth a watch!

http://t.co/o8d70mkL

drquirky · 11-05-2012 3:40pm

Dan man wrote: »

Here is a link to a live stream of tomorrow's crucial Race Walking World Cup in Saransk, Russia....should be well worth a watch!

http://t.co/o8d70mkL

Can I ask why this is being highlighted in the "athletics on tv" thread? Racewalking is not athletics...

Krusty_Clown · 11-05-2012 3:43pm

drquirky wrote: »

Can I ask why this is being highlighted in the "athletics on tv" thread? Racewalking is not athletics...

Wikipedia wrote:

Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event.

If it's on Wikipedia it must be true..

Dan man · 11-05-2012 3:54pm

drquirky wrote: »

Can I ask why this is being highlighted in the "athletics on tv" thread? Racewalking is not athletics...

:rolleyes:

G-Money · 14-05-2012 8:55pm

Diamond League from China - Saturday BBC Red Button 1pm-3pm.

Great Manchester Run - Sunday 10am-12pm, BBC Two. Haile is running this.

Great Manchester City Games - Sunday 3.30pm-5pm, BBC Two

ecoli · 17-05-2012 8:54pm

Connaught Schools available on stream:

http://flashhost.heanet.ie/ait/live.html

ecoli · 18-05-2012 1:57pm

Very good us meet on:

http://www.runnerspace.com/OXYHP

Starts at 1.15am Irish time

Startlists

Sandwell · 20-05-2012 8:54am

You can follow the Copenhagen marathon from a livestream here. Barry Minnock and Barbera Sanchez are in action.

http://live.copenhagenmarathon.dk/en.html#video

happygoose · 20-05-2012 9:52am

Both leading their respective fields through halfway with Sanchez at 1:18:07, A standard pace.

dev123 · 23-05-2012 10:44am

Coverage of the Marathon des Sables this evening (Wednesday) at 11:35pm on Eurosport for those interested in the longer stuff.

average_runner · 23-05-2012 2:12pm

Will record this.

G-Money · 23-05-2012 6:27pm

Ostrava Grand Prix - Friday 6pm Eurosport and Eurosport HD. Bolt is running in the 100m.

Not sure if it's repeated or if it's a new series of events on Saturday, 12.30pm Eurosport 2.

G-Money · 24-05-2012 6:20pm

IAAF Athletix - 7.30pm tonight (Thursday) Sky Sports 3 HD/Sky Sports 3

It lasts 30 minutes and is reviewing the Shanghai Diamond League, some other events and has a feature on Kenenisa Bekele.

Not sure what the show will be like. Hopefully it will be good, but I'm struggling to shake the vision of it being some show with a crappy cheap dance soundtrack over everything.

ecoli · 24-05-2012 7:00pm

G-Money wrote: »

IAAF Athletix - 7.30pm tonight (Thursday) Sky Sports 3 HD/Sky Sports 3

It lasts 30 minutes and is reviewing the Shanghai Diamond League, some other events and has a feature on Kenenisa Bekele.

Not sure what the show will be like. Hopefully it will be good, but I'm struggling to shake the vision of it being some show with a crappy cheap dance soundtrack over everything.

This is a regular show which includes interviews/profiles of athletes as well as race reviews. Its actually fairly well done

Dan man · 24-05-2012 7:53pm

G-Money wrote: »

IAAF Athletix - 7.30pm tonight (Thursday) Sky Sports 3 HD/Sky Sports 3

It lasts 30 minutes and is reviewing the Shanghai Diamond League, some other events and has a feature on Kenenisa Bekele.

Not sure what the show will be like. Hopefully it will be good, but I'm struggling to shake the vision of it being some show with a crappy cheap dance soundtrack over everything.

It's on Sky Sports on a regular basis (weekly I think). Features a round up of recent results, interviews with stars of the sport, some reports on how the sport is developing in different regions and there is the usual Colin Jackson segment (he often interviews athletes or does a report for the show).
Towards the end of the season they re-cap the major events of the year. It's a good show, not exactly unmissable but a good watch for the elite athletics fan.

G-Money · 24-05-2012 9:05pm

Grrrr, no Bekele feature. Unless you count a 1 minute interview a feature.

rainbow kirby · 25-05-2012 6:44pm

Ostrava on Eurosport now (until 8pm).

Brianderunner · 25-05-2012 6:49pm

Worrying times for Bolt tonight, he looks injured.

Hello there 8888 · 26-05-2012 6:00pm

Live european clubs cup. DSD women athletes competing today and tomorrow.

http://fpatletismo.sapo.pt/conteudo.aspx?caso=wide&;lang=pt&id_object=2289&name=Directo

G-Money · 27-05-2012 12:38pm

Think a live stream of the FBK Games in Hengelo will be available at this link later today.

http://livetv.ru/en/eventinfo/121143_world_challenge_hengelo/

Woddle · 27-05-2012 8:38pm

http://www.marocstream.de/aloula

G-Money · 28-05-2012 9:08am

Good week of Diamond League action this week.

Diamond League Rome - Thursday 7pm BBC Three

Diamond League Eugene (Prefontaine Classic) - Saturday 9pm BBC Three

I might try and find a live stream of the Friday night Pre-classic event. Would love to see the Kenyan 10,000m trial.

Edit: The BBC website seems to contradict the TV listings regarding the Eugene Diamond League, it's not on BBC Three it seems...

G-Money · 28-05-2012 9:18am

Yeah, I think the Eugene Diamond League meet might only be on the Red Button, I guess they'll say for sure at the end of the coverage of the Rome event on Thursday night. I've checked the TV listings on the BBC website, on Sky, and on Entertainment Ireland and they all show BBC Three showing Pirates of the Carribean on Sat night.

The only site saying it's on BBC Three is the athletics page of the BBC Sport website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/15971129

SimonClarke · 30-05-2012 9:28am

Taken from UPC online TV-Guide

Boston Marathon 2012 -- 02:00-05:00 / Tue / 05 Jun -- Setanta Ireland/Setanta HD

The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual continually run marathon and ranks as one of the most prestigious road racing events on the calendar.

Stockholm Marathon -- 07:50-08:30 / Mon / 04 Jun -- Eurosport/Eurosport HD Sports

The 2012 Stockholm Marathon sees competitors run two laps through the central parts of Stockholm. The first lap is 17km and the second lap 25km, and totals 42,195m in length.

Pretty short coverage of the Stockholm event.. Does anyone know if there is better coverage?

G-Money · 31-05-2012 6:01pm

Just a reminder about the Diamond League. Tonight from Rome, 7pm BBC Three.

G-Money · 31-05-2012 9:04pm

9.76 for Bolt to win the 100m. Not too bad.

SimonClarke · 31-05-2012 9:45pm

I loved the commentator after bolt's race.. what happened last week, who knows... who cares... hahaha

G-Money · 31-05-2012 9:52pm

It seemed like there was a great atmosphere in that stadium tonight, kinda wish I had been there.

G-Money · 01-06-2012 12:07pm

Another repeat of Man on a Mission tonight (Friday), free-view on Setanta so you don't need a Setanta subscription to watch it - 8.30pm Setanta Ireland

Time of Our Lives tonight (Friday) - 11pm Sky Sports 1HD - They talk to Linford Christie, Sally Gunnell and Roger Black about the 1992 Olympics.

Pisco Sour · 01-06-2012 12:13pm

Are Eurosport not showing Diamond League in GB and Ireland? That's how I'm getting all my athletics down here. You wouldn't want to rely on Australian TV channels for athletics coverage. Makes athletics TV coverage in Ireland seem like Ford Super Sunday!

G-Money · 01-06-2012 12:43pm

04072511 wrote: »

Are Eurosport not showing Diamond League in GB and Ireland? That's how I'm getting all my athletics down here. You wouldn't want to rely on Australian TV channels for athletics coverage. Makes athletics TV coverage in Ireland seem like Ford Super Sunday!

For the 2 DL events so far, Eurosport haven't. Thankfully the BBC is showing coverage and mercifully I have the Red Button access now so I'm able to see any events they don't show on BBC One/Two/Three/Four.

I'd happily pay extra for some BBC style athletics channel that covered athletics all year around, including marathons etc.

Pisco Sour · 01-06-2012 1:08pm

G-Money wrote: »

For the 2 DL events so far, Eurosport haven't. Thankfully the BBC is showing coverage and mercifully I have the Red Button access now so I'm able to see any events they don't show on BBC One/Two/Three/Four.

I'd happily pay extra for some BBC style athletics channel that covered athletics all year around, including marathons etc.

I'm guessing BBC have Cram, Storey and Hutchings? If so then it's the same coverage that Eurosport has. I guess in the UK and Ireland, the BBC has paid more for the coverage than British Eurosport, but outside of UK and Ireland normal Eurosport has great athletics coverage.

G-Money · 01-06-2012 7:56pm

Apparently the Pre-Classic will be streamed online at the location below. This is a 2 day event starting later tonight Irish time. There is a women's 10,000m event and the men's Kenyan Olympic 10,000m trial tonight, but its a late start for us, about 3.30am!

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=120

pc11 · 01-06-2012 10:38pm

I take it that Bolt's obituary writers will give it a rest now?

Brianderunner · 01-06-2012 11:35pm

pc11 wrote: »

I take it that Bolt's obituary writers will give it a rest now?

Call me crazy but i still fancy Blake for the 100m gold

M cebee · 02-06-2012 5:35pm

what time is the mens 5000m on at?

YFlyer · 02-06-2012 6:35pm

M cebee wrote: »

what time is the mens 5000m on at?

8:50 pm

M cebee · 02-06-2012 6:41pm

ya i got that thanks

G-Money · 02-06-2012 7:34pm

On the BBC Red Button now.

G-Money · 02-06-2012 7:42pm

Anyone else watching this on the Red Button? There's been about 3 or 4 "temporary faults" so far and the coverage is only on 10 mins

rainbow kirby · 02-06-2012 8:10pm

G-Money wrote: »

Anyone else watching this on the Red Button? There's been about 3 or 4 "temporary faults" so far and the coverage is only on 10 mins

Watching it on a Portuguese-language stream because UPC don't see fit to provide red button functionality. :mad:

M cebee · 02-06-2012 8:20pm

great didn't know it was on red button
There's a good mile after 5000
Il have to skip some of the iom superbike highlights

Donelson · 02-06-2012 8:32pm

G-Money wrote: »

Anyone else watching this on the Red Button? There's been about 3 or 4 "temporary faults" so far and the coverage is only on 10 mins

It's a bit mad, I think there a lose cable some where.
I didn't know gatland was back, but he had a good win.

M cebee · 02-06-2012 8:35pm

the 800m race times seem to have stood still for 30yrs
I think when i looked recently 143 has only been bettered 70 times

G-Money · 02-06-2012 9:43pm

Thankfully they fixed the coverage and it was grand after about 20 minutes.

The 5000m was good, another win for Farah. I wonder how well Bekele would have done had that faller not held him up a bit. The commentators seemed to think he did well.

G-Money · 02-06-2012 9:49pm

Preclassic.com has the Friday night races available to view for free on the website.

Pisco Sour · 03-06-2012 4:23am

Very classy run from Felix, absolutely destroying <Snip> in the process. I think she'll do well to get all notions of the 400 out of her head and focus solely on the 200. If she does that then I don't see Jeter troubling her, and the only one who will stand in her way is VCB. Commentators mentioned she may do the 100/200 double. I think she'd be better forgetting about any double and throwing all her eggs in one basket, as it is a pretty good basket!

Liu Xiang is incredible. What a run. It's his to lose in London, but anything can happen in hurdles.

Never good seeing Merritt and Gatlin win races.

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