Diamond League Meeting tonight

average_runner

Which tv channel is showing this or will i need to look at it thru the web?

Thanks

JosDel

It's available on BCC via the red button

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/6107744.stm

average_runner

bummer dont have that, maybe time to switch to free sateliite

Brianderunner

You'll find it online for sure. Great meeting tonight, looking forward to it. Bolt vs Powell the definite highlight but some other top class lineups.

average_runner

What time does it start at?

ecoli

average_runner wrote: »

What time does it start at?

Starts at 7. Some great races in line. LeMaitre another one to watch in the 100m. The first white man under 10 secs will need to step it up this year just to make the final in Daegu with the the likes of Bolt, Powell, Carter,Blake, Thompson (who is opening his season tonight as well), Gay, Rodgers (who started his season well, and Forsythe all capable of taking a spot in the final

Good to see Hession in action also in the 200m

Isaiah Koech is also in action. The 17 year old phenom ran the fourth fastest ever indoor 5000m time earlier this year and big things are expected of him during the summer. To put into context his indoor time of 12.53.29 Here is the all time list for indoors:

12.49.60 K Bekele
12.50.38 H Gebrselassie
12.51.48 D Komen (the 3000m WR holder and only sub 8 2 miler ever)
12.53.29 I Koech

G-Money

If you can get your hands on a UK proxy, you can watch it online on the BBC Sport website. I'm at home in the north and had planned to watch it on Freeview but they're showing the stupid French Open tennis on Freeview at the same time. Grrrrr.

Pherekydes

ecoli wrote: »

...Bolt, Powell, Carter,Blake...Forsythe all capable of taking a spot in the final

Isaiah Koech is also in action. The 17 year old phenom...

Don't forget Steve Mullings! Could be six Jamaicans in the final (OK, any 3 of 5 or 6, plus Bolt).

Koech is 17? Is that in Kenyan years? :pac:

ecoli

Pherekydes wrote: »

Don't forget Steve Mullings! Could be six Jamaicans in the final (OK, any 3 of 5 or 6, plus Bolt).

Koech is 17? Is that in Kenyan years? :pac:

True he is one more for the list.Personally though i can see him scrape the final at best as i dunno will he be able to carry form right through the season after his early start to the outdoor season.

Haha yeah my phenom reference was more to do with his performance regardless of age. If he never improved indoor he is still in very good company. Still with a 13.07 outdoor PB he will be looking to take chunks out of that

Pherekydes

ecoli wrote: »

True he is one more for the list.Personally though i can see him scrape the final at best as i dunno will he be able to carry form right through the season after his early start to the outdoor season.

Haha yeah my phenom reference was more to do with his performance regardless of age. If he never improved indoor he is still in very good company. Still with a 13.07 outdoor PB he will be looking to take chunks out of that

I agree re: Mullings. Also, his 9.89 and 9.90 are both with +2.0m/s winds, so they're not as fast as they might appear.

re: Koech. Yes, a phenom, but I have difficulty believing a 17 year-old can run that fast.

I'm also interested in seeing if Lemaitre has gotten closer to the Caribbean sprinters.

Felix is doubling up. Sanya Richards is too.

Overall, a very good meet and thank God for the BBC and their red button.

Pherekydes

ecoli wrote: »

...Thompson (who is opening his season tonight as well).

Just noticed this. He's already run a windy 9.91 this year, so he's in some sort of shape.

ecoli

Pherekydes wrote: »

Just noticed this. He's already run a windy 9.91 this year, so he's in some sort of shape.

Must have missed this. Not listed as SB so prob not legal times.

re: Koech. Yes, a phenom, but I have difficulty believing a 17 year-old can run that fast

Wouldn't limit a persons capabilities based on their age (thought the same of Kiriani James at first but keeps developing and proving me wrong)

However the thing that makes me question his age is simply his physique. He does not look like the typical 17 year old even for a Kenyan

ecoli

average_runner wrote: »

bummer dont have that, maybe time to switch to free sateliite

Stuck in work so dont have access to it however i think i have found a link that looks like it should work for anyone interested:

Live Stream

BeepBeep67

ecoli wrote: »

Stuck in work so dont have access to it however i think i have found a link that looks like it should work for anyone interested:

Live Stream

Thanks sitting on the sofa watchiing it on my Dell Streak and just in time for Lolo ;-p

BeepBeep67

Opps, I,ll stay quiet.

G-Money

There's no way that Koech guy is 17. There's more chance of me passing for 17 than him. Not a chance.

Poor Lolo, I mean the future Mrs -Money :cool: Looks like she's still struggling with an injury.

Bolt had a very bad start, still won though, although Powell seemed to bottle it a wee bit at the end.