Athletics 2023

yerwanthere123

Yep, think Coscoran broke both the indoor and outdoor record.

https://twitter.com/jgault13/status/1629497235753795587?t=r9_s_KDkyzSmGdvcEPbw7g&s=19

Nice step forward for Nick, breaks 3:40 for the first time ever.

Shame Tsegay couldn't break such an obviously doped record. I thought she'd lost all hope but she closed pretty hard, almost got it.

Pherekydes

Asher-Smith not happy with 7.06. 😛

Wottle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120287293#Comment_120287293

Kids picked this as their Christmas present last year, what an event, superb performances, electric atmosphere.

British athletics really know how to put on an event. Kids got a few pics, Grant Holloway by far the most important one.

Definitely got to go to more live events.

Pherekydes

It was a cracking 2 hours entertainment, as I posted on FB, neatly coinciding with the rugby. 🤣

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120287344#Comment_120287344

Great running by the 3 Irish boys. Coscoran and McCann are improving every year. It’s clear that Nick Griggs will be hanging with them in a year or two with more training volume and strength in his legs. Cool to see Ireland becoming a power again in the middle distances.

Jack Raftery acquitted himself very well in the 400m. Shame he wasn’t selected for Istanbul. He would surely have made the semi finals at least.

Pherekydes

Yet another national record for Rhasidat Adeleke, running 50.33 winning the Big 12 in Lubbock.

Itziger

Youtube vidd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Pi-IxyUq0

deisedude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120289653#Comment_120289653

Obviously better for her development to compete in the NCAAs but shame she can't do European indoors given her rapid improvement over 400

Dodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120288726#Comment_120288726

Raftery didn’t qualify. It wasn’t that he wasn’t selected

Athletics Ireland have had enough issues like this over the last few years so think it’s worth pointing out this wasn’t down to them

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120289880#Comment_120289880

He ran 46.37. The qualifying standard was 46.35. How did he not qualify and yet Cliodhna Manning, a 54.xx runner did and was selected?

Something seems anomalous there..

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120289678#Comment_120289678

The European indoors clashes with her college commitments of course - but she'll have much bigger fish to fry later in the year.

Do we think she can go under 50 seconds this year? You couldn't rule it out for a moment.

yerwanthere123

I do hope Adeleke has a strong team around her and is well insulated from the toxicity of social media. Literally any Facebook comment feed will always have comments dismissing her achievements due to 'genetics' or outright stating she isn't really Irish due to her Nigerian heritage. Always comes from the same sort of profiles, generally blank ones using fake names.

This sort of stuff has gotten so much worse the last few years, and it's sad to see.

Dodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120290005#Comment_120290005

There’s two streams of qualifying. You can get the A standard. Neither did. Or qualify through rankings, Manning did, Raftery didn’t. When athletes pull out, they move down the rankings

The ranking system is rubbish IMO but it’s been in place for a few years now

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120290593#Comment_120290593

I've seen those hatemongers alright. I guess they were always going to be triggered by the emergence of successful black Irish athletes like Rhasidat and Israel (or footballers like Ogbene).

I think the two of them know though that there is a lot of love for them among the Irish public and those online bigots don't really represent anyone. Those guys hate just about everyone, not just black people....even large numbers of white Irish people would be "impure" and not Irish enough for them.

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120290757#Comment_120290757

Agreed. It’s clearly broken when an athlete 0.02 seconds off the ‘A’ standard is frozen out, but an athlete with little realistic prospect of progressing beyond the heats, qualifies.

Cosmo Kramer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120290593#Comment_120290593

It's not just on Facebook, which someone of Rhasidat's age probably doesn't use, but Twitter also, where she is quite active. It's a tiny minority of comments, but it's still there and there's no way she doesn't see it, which is just horrible really.

Cosmo Kramer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120290111#Comment_120290111

I think she'll go sub 50 very early in the outdoor season. It's where she might go after that that's going to be really exciting to watch.

Dodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120291231#Comment_120291231

“Frozen out” = not qualified. There’s nothing personal about it

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120292435#Comment_120292435

WTF are you on about? Nobody claimed it was personal.

Dodge

Alright so. I was just pointing out that your original “he wasn’t selected” was wrong as he didn’t qualify. You used the term “frozen out”. He wasn’t “frozen out”

Anyway, that’s enough from me on this. It’s not that big a deal

yerwanthere123

Mark English pulls out of Istanbul due to illness, disappointing news.

Live now on BBC 2 until 7pm! No medal events today, just the heats for the men's and women's 800m, women's 3000m and men's 1500m.

yerwanthere123

Messy, physical second heat in the men's 1500m in which Coscoran only finished 4th. Currently the fastest loser overall, let's just hope the third heat is slow 😐

yerwanthere123

Coscoran out in the heats but Luke McCann gets through on a time qualifier. Disappointing for Coscoran, I'm sure he was expecting more.

Dodge

Yeah, awkward race. He didn’t look comfortable at any stage and loads of bumping.

McCann ran well to get into the final.

walshb

What channel(s) showing the championships?

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120306958#Comment_120306958

BBC 2

deisedude

Interviews with Phil Healy and Rhasidat Adeleke on Off the ball podcast feed.

Just listening to the Phil interview and she has opened up about having an auto immune disease and undiagnosed health concerns they are still trying to get to the bottom of. Really had a tough few months

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120307093#Comment_120307093

Heard the interview with Phil Healy. Sounds like she’s have a very tough time of it. Hopefully she can get a diagnosis and return to form and more importantly, full health ASAP. Fair play to her for contributing to the relay team in Istanbul.

Dodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120307001#Comment_120307001

RTE news had them yesterday too. RTE 2 today. They used the international feed comms yesterday but David gillick is over there for them so may have comms too

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120308722#Comment_120308722

Ah right you are, RTÉ are showing it all weekend. Coverage today from 4-7pm.

Should be some good races today. Sharlene Mawdsley has a great chance of making the women's 400m final later. Also looking forward to the women's 3000m, hoping Klosterhalfen wins the gold and Can wins.. nothing.

Jakob could win the 1500m with his eyes closed and Gourley is favoured for the silver, but the bronze could be up for grabs. Luke McCan has the third fastest PB in the field, so could be in contention with a smart race.

Women's 60m should be a good matchup between Kambundji, Swoboda and Neita.