***Athletics Thread***

[DOD]Asprilla;17062639 said:
Is it just me or are heptathletes all a bit 'friendly'?

Probably just wishful thinking.
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I think all athletes are generally friendly together probably more so in the Heptathlon and Decathlon.

Couple of weeks a go at Gateheads, Gay and Powell were doing promotion stuff together in the streets laughing and joking together.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
Swedish high jumper looks quite tasty :cool:


That long jump was incredible. He got a big PB with his previous jump then smashed that by around 25cm.


Edit: Perving aside, the women's high jump looks pretty competitive.
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Emma Green....yummy. :) Shame her boy friend is her coach who is quite a bit older if I remember correctly.


Womens high jump is always competitive with Vlasic and Friedrich, they are both very very good.


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Speaking of which...Friedrich has just got 3rd and Green has got 2nd.
 
Otty became a Slovenian citizen in 2002 and represented them in the 2004 Olympics. So she hasn't just randomly stated to compete for them as a convenience. Her coach is Slovenian, and she has trained there most of the career I believe and has lived there for 12 years or so.
 
100m heats starting in a minute guys and girls.


Heat A

1 - Ndure
2 - Devonish
3 - Forsythe
4 - Gay
5 - Blake
6 - Kimmons
7 - Samuels
8 - Malcolm


Heat B

1 - Spearmon
2 - Padgett
3 - Lewis-Francis
4 - Dix
5 - Thompson
6 - Martina
7 - Rodgers
8 - Gilling


Shame no Bolt and Powell, good job I didn't end up buying tickets to see them 3! :D
 
Oslo tonight people. BBC3 from 7PM or on the BBC Sport website on the athletics page found here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/default.stm


Greg Rutherford is in the long jump, Caster Semenya is in the womans :D 800m, Christian Malcolm is in the 200m along with some bloke called Usain Bolt. Bolt has looked sluggish, by his standards in his past two 100m races. Hopefully the cobwebs have been blown away and he comes flying out tonight. 200m is scheduled for 8:45PM.
 
New York this evening people. Coverage starts from 8 on the BBC Sport website - http://goo.gl/oImmU and on the BBC Red Button channel.

Great meet this is. Gay and Mullings running in the 100m. Dai Greene is in the 400m hurdles against van Zyl, who has been brilliant so far this year. Oscar Pistorius is running in the 400m and he needs to get to 45.25 to qualify for the World Championships before 20th of June. He's already ran a PB of 45.61 this year and I really hope he gets it, would be superb. Phillips Idowu is in the triple jump, as well as Olsson. Womens 200m has a great field as well with Allyson Felix, Shelly-Ann Fraser and also Carmelita Jeter running. And then there is the womens 100m hurdles which should be a great race as well, Kellie Wells runs as well as Lolo Jones and Danielle Carruthers. And of course the gorgeous Jess Ennis!!! mmmmm :D
 
That was ****. 3 false starts, Padgett should have not even gone. Mullings beats Gay literally by a whisker because he dipped to early and he had a shocking start did great to make it up though. Slow time in rotten conditions. Mullings looked good as well.
 
Lausanne in an hour people. Coverage online on the BBC Athletics page - http://goo.gl/oImmU and on BBC Three channel from 7.

Phillips Idowu is in the triple jump, Dai Greene is in the 400m hurdles, another superb women's 100m hurdles line up, Tiffany Ofili-Porter is running against, Danielle Carruthers, Kellie Wells, Sally Pearson, Virginia Powell-Crawford and of course Lolo Jones. She did great in NY and finished 3rd, hopefully she can repeat it today.

Caster Semenya is in the womens 1500m as well as Britains Charlene Thomas. In the mens 5,000m the dubiously aged 17 year old Isaiah Koech is running.

Mens 100m should be a corker as well, Lemaitre is running a long with the Jamaican trio of Powell, Carter and Frater. The French man ran 9.95 :eek: in Sweden the other week, I think he'll go faster today as well.

Frater is running the fastest he's ever run this year, I think he's a real challenger to upset Powell off his focus on Bolt and Gay.
 
A Jamican sprinter has tested positive for a banned substance and it's been reported that it's Steve Mullings who has been in the form of his life this season... I wonder why. Sprinting doesn't need this, neither does athletics or Jamaica!
 
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