Athletics 2024

walshb

Any the elite 100 metres women in these 60 metres? U.S. and Jamaica?

tomhammer..

Furlani fouls a huge jump

tomhammer..

Women's 800m looks to be between these 3

Guduma looks a big threat

Reekie alemu guduma

Pherekydes

Murder in the men's 800. I can't see Crestan not getting DQed.

tomhammer..

Think I'll get some coffee into me and stay up for the Tokyo Marathon

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121841237#Comment_121841237

Gemma Reekie looked great. Would like to see her win in front of a home crowd.

Hope she didn’t expend too much energy winning the semi final. Think she wanted to send a message to the Ethiopians..

tomhammer..

Looked that way

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121840840#Comment_121840840

Excited about this! Particularly because I'll be able to watch it tonight and won't have to find a replay tomorrow.

It seems to have gone very under the radar, I'd actually forgotten all about this race until the middle of this week. Hassan herself has been pretty quite about it too until the last few days. This'll be her last marathon before Paris, I wonder if she'll make a WR attempt? Don't know if the course is fast enough for it though.

yerwanthere123

Still gutted about Sarah Healy. I don't think it was anything mental, I think she saw Haylom was performing below par and thought "f*ck it, I'll go for the win" and bit off a bit more than she could chew. I mean, maybe she should've held back and just assured qualification instead, but I guess you'll never know unless you go for it. I'd rather she have a disaster at world indoors than the Olympics.

Also very disappointing what happened to Mawdsley. If she did break the rules than I suppose in theory it's fair, but the real issue here is the inconsistent application of said rules.

Some cracking races coming up tonight, Tsegay vs Muir should be a great one, and I expect Meshesha, Hailu and Jessica Hull to be in the mix too. Would be delighted to see Hull finally get her first medal, a great athlete who's constantly improving.

Men's 3k should be great, Nuguse, Kerr and Barega could be a fun one. Swoboda is in fantastic shape, can she medal and what colour will it be? Bol should win the 400m with her eyes closed, but could she get close to her own WR? Would love to see Klaver medal here too, and maybe even crack 50 for the first time.

tomhammer..

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121842462#Comment_121842462

What channel stream are U watching on ?

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121842704#Comment_121842704

Haven't actually found one yet, but if I can't then I'll take out a one month subscription to the Eurosport player.

yerwanthere123

6.98 PB for Swoboda 🔥 Final should be good later!

Ceepo

Great 3000m. St Pierre was fantastic Muir never got into it at all.

yerwanthere123

St. Pierre out kicks Tsegay for the win, what a shock!

Horror show from Laura Muir.

Ceepo

Nothing against Kerr at all. But those 2 push's were worse that Mawdsley last night

Ceepo

Great run from Kerr, can't help but think the played into his hands though.

yerwanthere123

Yeah the Ethiopians should've done more to shake off Kerr. The Glasgow crowd won't be complaining though!

If Nuguse was a bit closer he could've challenged Kerr.

tomhammer..

Race plate into Kerr's hands

The 1500m guys threat to him didn't materialise either

Ceepo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121843382#Comment_121843382

I thought Hocker would be closer as he has a good kick normally.

Ceepo

Wow wow Bol. Pure class. That's all

yerwanthere123

Casual WR for Femke Bol 😎 Absolutely phenemonal.

Delighted for Klaver to get the silver!

Ceepo

Doom for Warbolm

deisedude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121843350#Comment_121843350

Agree absolutely, they were 2 blatant pushes. Think he clipped someone too when moving suddenly to the outside lane

Ceepo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121843510#Comment_121843510

No just clipped, he put his hand out to in an attempt to obstruct someone over taking and getting ini n Front of him.

As someone pointed out, it's the inconsistent implementation of the rules. However I'd say Mawdsley would have been OK if there wasn't a protest logged, when it was logged the referee has to act

patob

Fabulous Femke strolls to another win and a WR, nice understated style and not your typical 400m champion.

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121843247#Comment_121843247

To be fair to Muir, 8.29 is still a good time and she was training through this meet.

Still fifth in front of her home crowd is underwhelming. Great run by St. Pierre to outkick Tsegay. She’ll be a factor in Paris for sure. Shame Jessica Hull missed out on a medal.

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121843568#Comment_121843568

She was imperious. Great to see a generational talent like her who actually enjoys competing. It will be some show down with McLaughlin in Paris, assuming the latter runs the 400m hurdles.

Great to see Klaver finally win a global medal too. The Dutch could challenge the Americans in the 4x400m relay if their third and fourth runners (Peeters, Saalberg, DeWitte) can step it up a bit outdoors.

Krusty_Clown

I'm assuming Femke isn't considering doubling the 400mh and flat 400m in the Olympics? There's only an hour between both races on day 5. Does she get any kind of a 'buy' in the early qualifying rounds for taking gold in the World Champs?

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121843889#Comment_121843889

Cathal Dennehy asked her in a post-race interview she would consider running the 400m in Paris. Unfortunately, it was an immediate no.

Pherekydes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121843415#Comment_121843415

Hocker is in the 1500m.

The second yank was Olin Hacker.