Athletics
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Zoe Hobbs has broken her own Oceania 100m record by running a blistering 10.94sec in the Czech Republic.
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Faith Kipyegon ran 4:06.42 for the mile with her pacers.
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Faith Kipyegon ran 4:06.42 for the mile with her pacers.
@antipodean said in Athletics:
Faith Kipyegon ran 4:06.42 for the mile with her pacers.
I watched it. So noticeable how much harder she was working than the pacers. Not often you see middle distance men and women running together. Good on her for having a crack, but it’s going to be a fair while before any feeble goes under 4mins
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Zoe Hobbs was 3rd in Monaco behind the Olympic 100 m champion Julien Alfred.
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Geordie Beamish with the W!
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Geordie Beamish with the W!
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This was some bit of commentary by Andrew Cotter. (Might not work outside the UK).
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This was some bit of commentary by Andrew Cotter. (Might not work outside the UK).
This was some bit of commentary by Andrew Cotter. (Might not work outside the UK).
Hell of a last 200m
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@nonpartizan said in Athletics:
Geordie Beamish with the W!
Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart and more fucking heart.
What a run!
Everyone in Hastings and Hawkes' Bay should be so proud of the fella.
@nonpartizan said in Athletics:
Geordie Beamish with the W!
Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart and more fucking heart.
What a run!
Everyone in Hastings and Hawkes' Bay should be so proud of the fella.
The self belief he had.
In the heats when he was running down the home straight he seemed so full of confidence, like showing off for the crowd, not in a bad way just like saying "yes, I'm here to win"..... Its like he knew this was his time to.shine.
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On another note Jamaica are back at the top of the pile in the men's 100 - Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson 1st and 2nd.
Must be annoying as hell for Kishane to have been narrowly beaten in this and the Olympic final.last year - two silvers could have easily been two golds.
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@nonpartizan said in Athletics:
Geordie Beamish with the W!
That's amazing. Never thought a Kiwi would ever win a distance world champs!
@nonpartizan said in Athletics:
Geordie Beamish with the W!
That's amazing. Never thought a Kiwi would ever win a distance world champs!
Yeah - it's extraordinary.
Ten years ago you'd have been impressed if a NZer had finished within 10 seconds of the Moroccans, Ethiopians and Kenyans.
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Another medal prospect in Hamish kerr is in the high jump final. Takes place in about 13 hours I think - 8pm ish Tokyo time on Tuesday.
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I know Al Bakkali is a great steeplechaser, but if you watch him training on a track by himself I don't think I'd believe he's an elite athlete, he looks so ungainly.
That's the kind of race that suits him best though - a slow pace and a fast finish, so extra impressive that Beamish out kicked him.
Lamecha Girma is the current world record holder, which is about 20 seconds faster than that race was. But he was in the field too! Finished 5th. I think the Ethiopians and Kenyans would prefer a much faster race but no one wants to set the pace in the major finals it seems.
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I know Al Bakkali is a great steeplechaser, but if you watch him training on a track by himself I don't think I'd believe he's an elite athlete, he looks so ungainly.
That's the kind of race that suits him best though - a slow pace and a fast finish, so extra impressive that Beamish out kicked him.
Lamecha Girma is the current world record holder, which is about 20 seconds faster than that race was. But he was in the field too! Finished 5th. I think the Ethiopians and Kenyans would prefer a much faster race but no one wants to set the pace in the major finals it seems.
I know Al Bakkali is a great steeplechaser, but if you watch him training on a track by himself I don't think I'd believe he's an elite athlete, he looks so ungainly.
That's the kind of race that suits him best though - a slow pace and a fast finish, so extra impressive that Beamish out kicked him.
Lamecha Girma is the current world record holder, which is about 20 seconds faster than that race was. But he was in the field too! Finished 5th. I think the Ethiopians and Kenyans would prefer a much faster race but no one wants to set the pace in the major finals it seems.
The world record is actually 40 seconds faster than Beamish's time. That's around 5 seconds per lap. It gets to the point that a fast finisher has no chance of beating those guys in a a Diamond League meet due to pacemakers but can win in major champs.
Carnage with the 1,500 qualification as well because nobody makes them fast races bringing every athlete into contention
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This was some bit of commentary by Andrew Cotter. (Might not work outside the UK).
This was some bit of commentary by Andrew Cotter. (Might not work outside the UK).
This should work for all
