Athletics 2022

yerwanthere123

New thread for a new year!

Like last year's thread, any news, meets, results and livestreams etc. drop them in here! Lots of great action to look forward to this year:

World Athletics Indoor Championships, 18th-20th March, Belgrade

Diamond League, 13th May - 8th September (season opener in Doha)

World Athletics Championships, 15th-24th July, Oregon

European Athletics Championships, 16th-21st August, Munich

World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, 13th November, Yangzhou

Think I've included all the biggest meets due to take place, feel free to add more if I've forgotten any. One small benefit of the pandemic is we're getting an extra major championships this year as Oregon was originally supposed to take place in 2021.

Here's to hoping we'll see another cracking year of athletics!

Pherekydes

Commonwealth Games, 30th July-7th August, Birmingham

yerwanthere123

Some bad news from Monday, Trinidadian sprinter Deon Lendore was killed in a car accident in Texas. He won a World silver medal in 2015 and Olympic bronze in Rio 2016, both medals in the 4x400m relay with the rest of the Trinidad & Tobago team. After the murders of Agnes Tirop and Alex Quinonez, this is the third World/Olympic medallist to have died in as many months.

yerwanthere123

Great start to the year for Adeleke

https://twitter.com/Cathal_Dennehy/status/1482404981781184517

https://twitter.com/Statman_Jon/status/1482410114313240586

Hamachi

Good run by Phil Healy over 400m in Karlsruhe last night. She finished second across two heats in a time of 51.97. She finished just 0.05 of a second behind the Polish winner.

She could have taken the win had she been a tiny bit more aggressive in the opening 200m. She is consistently running sub-52 now. If she can kick on from here, she could potentially do some damage at World Indoors in Belgrade.

Pherekydes

Molly Scott 7.23 for 60m in Athlone, a new national record.

E.coli

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118550483#Comment_118550483

7.27 in the heats earlier in the day. Looks to be in great form

Elsewhere Sam Healy with indoor PB of 7.60m in Long jump in US last night and only 2cm off his outdoor best.

Luke McCann breaks sub 4 for the first time in Millrose (invitational mile) with a 3.58.21 for second

diego_b

Link to live stream of Millrose Games starting at 19:30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8BnIrXypHw&ab_channel=WorldAthletics

Irish in action

Mark English 800m

Sarah Lavin 60mH

Andrew Coscoran Mile

Eric Favors Shot Put

Luke McCann 1500m

E.coli

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551268#Comment_118551268

McCann on the pre program invitational mile (3.58.21 for 2nd)

Pherekydes

Who had Brian Fay as the fastest Irish miler yesterday? 3:55. Super outlook for the steeple, one would think.

E.coli

Molly Scott with 7.25 tonight for the win vs the European Indoor champion (Del). 7.25 in the heats also

Elsewhere Sarah Healy with u23 Irish Record 1500m for 3rd in 4.11.00. Nadia Power with a PB (4.13.60) for 5th in same race

The Black Oil

Men and women's mile from the Millrose Games mentioned above, with a plug or two for some new tracker thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I5DfupD-50&ab_channel=AllTheRunning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxWcw9osY14&ab_channel=AllTheRunning

E.coli

Rhasidat Adeleke smashing the 200m Irish record over night with a 22.85 improving in Healys mark of 23.10 from 2 years ago

Pherekydes

Great Scott! She's got the 60 now too! 7.21 tonight in Albuquerque, which is at altitude.

Pherekydes

At the same meet, Davicia Patterson won the 600m last night and finished 3rd in the 400m tonight in 53.91

Ceepo

Huge runs from Coscoran and McCann in the New Balance indoor grandprix this evening. Both with big pb's. Coscoran winning in 3.53.6 McCann 3rd in 3.53.8.

Big stuff from both guy's

4Ad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118591734#Comment_118591734

Wow.Just watching it, brilliant running..It was all Alexander with the commentary, Coscoran reeled him in..some finish by the 2 Irish lads..

marathon2022

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118592233#Comment_118592233

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgwEh5Vw4No

The race starts around 1.23 in the video if anyone is interested

Dubh Geannain

https://youtu.be/wxGy8nwfp-8

Edit: Should have added the back story. Nick Willis was going for 20 years in a row to run sub 4 for the mile. He'd had a failed attempt where he ran just over 4 on just after midnight on New Years Eve a month ago.

Ceepo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118615763#Comment_118615763

Phenomenon record to achieve

E.coli

Brian Fay moves to 11th on All time 5000m list with the fastest ever indoor time by an Irishman in 13.24.00 (oversized track so wont be an Irish record)

deisedude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118619585#Comment_118619585

As a matter of interest why does the oversized track mean it doesn't count as an Irish record?

E.coli

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118619960#Comment_118619960

Less turns and the sharpness of the turns in general offer advantage making them not eligible for records much like a net downhill road race.

The Track in question is 307m meaning that you have 30 bends vs 50 on a standard 200m indoor track. To put it into context though this is his universities home track and he broke the school record by 9 seconds so not to be discounted as a lightning fast time

deisedude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118620035#Comment_118620035

Very interesting, thanks for the info

jamule

Luke mCann, NR for 1km. 2.17, fooook

jamule

Phil takes another .2 off her 400m time, it was a solo effort, only a matter of weeks and will beat shinkins time.

FairClipping

I guess it’s not a distance that is raced often but surprised at that as a national record. Essential 3.35 1500m pace but over 2/3rds of the distance. Hard to assess a time out of context though. His recent mile indicates that he is in great form.

jamule

Mchilenny in with 7.45 and a Q for the worlds

E.coli

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118622005#Comment_118622005

Nick Griggs also with an u20 record in 7.57.38. Only turned 17 2 months ago

jamule

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118621737#Comment_118621737

your missing 10secs, its 3.26ish 1500m pace

FairClipping

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118622331#Comment_118622331

Oh yea 😄. That is impressive