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Athletics 2026

yerwanthere123

New thread for a new year!

Some key dates:

10th January: World Cross Country Championships, Tallahassee

20th - 22nd March: World Indoor Athletics Championships, Torun

5th May - September 5th: Diamond League (commencing in Doha)

23rd July - 2nd August: Commonwealth Games

10th - 16th August: European Athletics Championships, Birmingham

11th - 13th September: World Athletics Ultimate Championships, Budapest

First year since 2018 (covid aside) that we don't have a major global championships, let's see what it brings!

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yerwanthere123

Stockholm Diamond League startlists

https://stockholm.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results/

Lots of interesting races to look forward to here. 17 year old Cooper Lutkenhaus is making his Diamond League debut in the men's 800. We'll have Hodgkinson vs Werro in the women's 800, and there's also quite a lot of interest in what 19 year old Australian Cameron Myers can do in the men's 1500. He's already a 3:29 athlete and has won 7/7 races this year.

Will be broadcast on Virgin Media 2 /BBC 2 from 4-6pm today!

Pherekydes

1:42.70, and the W!

What a mature performance!

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124531632#Comment_124531632

Went past Arop with considerable ease, like he had far more in reserve. Such a talent, think he's possibly a future world record holder.

yerwanthere123

1:53.98 for Werro!!! 🤯

I've been saying for ages she's got a 1:54 in her legs, but I didn't see this coming! Keely still runs a 1:54.33 PB, but this certainly throws a spanner in the works if she's thinking about the WR this year.

4Ad

Wow..Brilliant run..she timed that perfect.

walshb

Keeley runs a PB and still loses…I hadn't heard of Weero till yesterday!

BP_RS3813

She's been on of the consistent performers over the last year or so - beat out Duguma a few times now I believe over last years DL's if memory serves.

Just had never put a amazing/eye stopping time out. Always in the 1:56s usually.

Suppose racing Keely brought that out of her.

Fr D Maugire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124533783#Comment_124533783

Which is an accurate reflection of your lack of knowledge about athletics.

Pherekydes

Werro won silver behind Roisin Willis (3rd yesterday) in the 2022 World U20 800m. She's been around quite a while now, improving all the time, and still only 22. Willis is 21 and has a 51.3 4x4 leg from those World U20s, aged 18.

BP_RS3813

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534561#Comment_124534561

She is one of the few U20 athletes to break 2 mins I believe. Not that many on that list.

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534355#Comment_124534355

Was there a need for such a smart-arse response…

Fr D Maugire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534584#Comment_124534584

Pointing out a fact is hardly being a smart arse now, is it. I would say that anyone who has bever heard of Audrey Werro does not pay much attention to athletics at any level. It is just confirmation of what was obvious in many of your previous posts.

StiffLittleFingers

I'd say most people only know her the past year since she won the Diamond League final in 2025, she challenged Keely before but was obviously not on Keelys radar as a threat until this week.

Its great for the sport.

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534626#Comment_124534626

I see…so it's more a gripe you have with me than my knowledge of athletics. If I was a poster you never heard of that posted it, you'd not have responded so smartly….enjoy!

BP_RS3813

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534643#Comment_124534643

Know her? People should have known about her - I'd say its more accurate that people only started to pay attention to her since she won the final as you say.

She broke 2 as an 18 year old back '22 and then sort of stalled around low 1:56 -high 1:57.

Feel free to correct me but this is also the first she broke 1:56?

bucketybuck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534626#Comment_124534626

I watch as many Diamond league meetings as I can as a fan, as well as all the usual big Olympic, world champs, commonwealth games etc etc, events. I enjoy it as entertainment, particularly the track and field, and gives me motivation for my own races.

I even watched the Diamond league final last year.

I couldn't have told you who Werro was or a single thing about her.

**** anybody who decides to have a problem with that.

StiffLittleFingers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534667#Comment_124534667

Yes paid attention is exactly what I meant, your understanding is correct

Fr D Maugire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534671#Comment_124534671

Sorry, but if you have been watching major championships and Diamond league events and you still don't know Werro, you don't pay much attention. She was a finalist at outdoor Worlds last year, won silver at World Indoors in March, and won the Diamond league final last year as well. So you actually watched a race she won, but you never heard of her!!!

bucketybuck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534684#Comment_124534684

I need to refer you to the last line of my previous post.

No wonder this forum is so quiet with this sort of gatekeeping crap.

Fr D Maugire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534697#Comment_124534697

It is hardly gatekeeping. Walshb is very good at throwing opinions around, especially about 1 Irish Athlete in particular, but seems to know little about the sport beyond the basics.

Like on every part of this forum, expect to have your opinions challenged if you don't know the subject.

And for the record, Walshb commented on Keeley winning World Indoors, Werro was 2nd but has never heard of her.

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534751#Comment_124534751

I knew it was personal for you.. so my posts agreeing with Sonia last year regarding an Irish athlete and me thinking Kate O’Connor is our best overall athlete annoyed you that much that 9 months later you want to get a dig in…. Jaysus!

And me not having heard of Werro was not an opinion. It was a statement of fact. And I know about her now!!

Fr D Maugire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534793#Comment_124534793

Your sniping was going on long before Sonia said anything, and as was borne out, Sonia was incorrect as well.

You barely know beyond a handful of athletes, yet have no issue about criticising one in particular.

I want to know how you managed to comment after Keeley won World Indoors, but you apparently had never heard of the Athlete who came 2nd in the same race. How does that happen?

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124534877#Comment_124534877

I’m not here to have a back and forth argument with you because you’re hanging on to some silly gripe/grudge you have because you disagreed with some my past posts on things. It’s hardly life n death. People disagree from time to time. It’s quite clear why you replied to me specifically so smartly now. Just own it and move on.

StiffLittleFingers

I think its quite refreshing to see someone commenting and admitting that they're not an expert. I have to say guys, you let yourselves down coming across as arrogant and condescending. Nobody is getting paid here for their accuracy or fan level. My comment for example, saying that nobody knew her instead of saying nobody paid attention to her; like potato, potahto

In the spirit of African American athletes I say Kumbaya.

yerwanthere123

Werro will be running in Ostrava next week against none other than Femke Bol, Bol's first outdoor 800 since she moved up. That'll be a fascinating race to watch. I doubt Werro will run a 1:53 again, but if she runs 1:55/1:56 then how close can Bol get to her?

BP_RS3813

Not that close.

Think Bol needs another year of racing/proper training to actually run a good 800m. Granted her first one was just a 1:59 and a tester - I can see her dying fairly easily if the pace is at 1:55.

A mid 1:57/low 1:58 is what I think is possible given the right race but could easily slip wrong side of 2 assuming first 600 @1:54/1:55 pace.

Interestingly - I was looking at the now updated all time list of 800m. (Werro 3 and Keely 6).

We are fairly confident #1&2 were drug aided (at least I am anyways) (Werro being the 3rd woman to ever run below 1:54).

I don't know much about Pamela Jelimo (no.4) so can't comment on her.

No.5 is Caster Semenya who needs no further explanation.

Effectively bumps up Werro to 1, Keely to 3. Caster should be removed off this list (remind me why she wasn't - I thought WA officially banned her from the category) or did her previous records not get revoked aswell?

yerwanthere123

I think there were intersex suspicions about Pamela Jelimo too. Semenya's times weren't removed because she was running within the rules at the time.

walshb

Irish Olympic runner Ciarán Ó Lionáird dies suddenly aged 38

awful

Ceepo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124538275#Comment_124538275

Thats awful news. He was a great talent. Rip. Mad Len

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124538309#Comment_124538309

no age at all. Awful