Athletics 2023

We were in the Olympic stadium until nearly 10.30pm watching Duplantis attempting the WR. It was very exciting and the crowd were buzzing.

Great evening all the same

Raoul Duke

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120800301#Comment_120800301

How close did he get? BBC ended their coverage before it ended.

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Its a pity this site wont allow me to upload MP4's as I have videos of him winning first and then the 3 attempts.

Anyway, he didn't even jump for the first two attempts and the last one wasn't close.

The conditions were far from ideal, firstly the Pole Vault was postponed due to the rain and then Duplantis was sitting with a coat on and a towel wrapped around his lower half trying to keep warm.

I was even cold in the stands, it was like an Autumn evening.

Still you kept thinking he might do it. The crowd didn't seem to mind hanging back a good hour and a half after the main event finished.

He's well loved.

The best race for me on the night was the 3000m Steeple Chase and Bakkali was the only athlete who really appreciated the crowd and came over to people afterwards.

Sarah Lavin was really over the moon as well and she had some good support in the crowd in front of us. She did great.

The Ethiopian women ran away with the 1500m but as Krusty said, you have to be happy seeing her beating Laura Muir and she was the first European home.

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This is one of those gimmicky kind of videos but it does explain why the protesters were on the track in Stockholm.

It also raises the issue of security. After the three protesters were escorted away, I was out trying to get coffee and saw the fire brigade and lots of cops waiting outside the stadium. They obviously beefed up the security/safely in case something else would happen.

I actually thought something might happen that night but I thought it would be in relation to the burning of the Quran.

This had nothing to do with that issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua6OG73A2jE

hawkwing

Some good racing here today, Mu over 1500/Krissy Gear etc 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships 2023 Day 3 Full Game - YouTube

Brilliant result for Katie Snowden in the women's 1500m. Seems like Muir is having a bit of a struggle at the moment with lack of consistent coaching. She ran badly in Stockholm as well.

https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/katie-snowden-springs-1500m-shock-1039969365/?fbclid=IwAR3sMgkiLCOqKDM1szhh4byD0QQ5MLOf6Qnqeypj7hTELtbVgpulzY3NhrI

yerwanthere123

Some sessions for the world championships for Budapest appear to be almost sold out, does anyone know if more tickets will become available at a later stage? I've currently bought tickets in the home straight for both sessions of day 1 and the morning of day 2, and am trying to get another for the day 2 evening session. The only ones left are higher up in the stands but would love to get a better one.

The reason I ask is some of the sessions I've bought appeared to be mostly sold out a few weeks back, only for loads more to magically pop up online later. Anyone have any ideas? Don't know where else to ask, thanks!

Krusty_Clown

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They've been on sale for quite a while now (I picked up my tickets in January) so not surprised they'd be running out. I'd say it's unlikely, unless they start selling off unsold hospitality tickets. There's still a few singles around blocks 108-110, which would make for a good view of the final bend in the 10,000m, and the 1500m semi-finals (and the starting blocks of the 100m final 😄).

yerwanthere123

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Thanks for the quick response! There were still some decent tickets left just a few weeks back but I procrastinated as always and only buying them now 🙄 Think I should just buy the best of what's left 🙂

yerwanthere123

One to watch!

https://twitter.com/Cathal_Dennehy/status/1678799914405449728?t=ixU7lEMesSU9YxtrrDfZdg&s=19

deisedude

Morton Games streak link for tomorrow night

https://www.youtube.com/live/6EbA9b1w7mA?feature=share

Hamachi

Some good Irish performances at the European under 23 championships today.

Nicola Tuthill qualified for the women’s hammer final with the second furthest throw across the two qualification pools.

Israel Olutunde made the men’s 100m final as a fastest loser. He was the slowest qualifier and barely squeaked in. Hopefully, he can raise his game in the final.

Jane Buckley finished ninth in the women’s 5000m final. We also have a representative in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final. I can’t recall the girl’s name, but she qualified comfortably.

Performance of the day in my view was Jack Raftery. He ran a huge new 400m PB of 45.89 to finish third in his semi final. This performance yielded a big Q and the fourth fastest qualifier for the final. It’s also a very encouraging sign for the 4x400m mixed relay in Budapest.

yerwanthere123

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Just checked tonight and a few more of the 'sold out' tickets became available, got a seat in block 205 directly above the 100m starting block and woth a great view of the home straight. Have now get tickets for the entire opening weekend, delighted to be going to my first world championships!

Krusty_Clown

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120848703#Comment_120848703

Yep. Saw that. Sorry for the poor advice.

yerwanthere123

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No apology necessary at all 🙂

I'm wondering now if there's even better tickets again yet to be released but couldn't take the chance either, so I'm happy with what I got.

Are you still running or is your disk causing you problems?

Krusty_Clown

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849008#Comment_120849008

We're in section 138 (just after the media section) for the full duration. Getting very excited about it. Have been to a few DLs and a random assortment of US competitions (and of course lots of Irish meets) but first world event. I see they're having a public race on the marathon/walkers route on the 27th, so might jump in for the craic.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849089#Comment_120849089

Who me, or yerwanthere123? Not sure how many of us have disc issues!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849206#Comment_120849206

Haha 😄

I mean you and I also mean 'disc' problems. I'm actually getting physio for a tight C5 disc myself at the moment now that you mention it!

Krusty_Clown

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I have an age problem! Doing a bit these days, but about 25% of the pace/volume of my younger middle aged days. 😀

Looking forward to doing some laps of Margit Island in Budapest. I'd day it'll be a busy spot with athletes, and you never know who you might bump into!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849008#Comment_120849008

If the layout is anything like Stockholm you will be able to move about and sit wherever there are gaps.

We were sitting in the row opposite the start/finish line directly behind the guys editing the production.

Then when the Pole Vault started we moved over to that end of the stadium.

It will obviously be a lot more populated for the worlds but dont rule it out.

marathon2022

With Coscaran racing Sunday and Adeleke Friday in Diamond league events against world class fields I wouldn't be surprised to see two new NRs. Looking forward to both of these.

GolfPar

Coscoran has been training at altitude for a few weeks. Will be interesting to see what he can produce now he's back racing again.

marathon2022

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With the great Ingebrigtsen out front who knows what can happen. The rest of the field are all going to go at a good clip. Habz going under 3.30 already this year, Kipsang, mcsweyne and a couple of others in the chasing group a low 3.32 is there to be taken.

Did anyone buy tickets for Paris Olympics? I entered the draw and got offered some track events but I couldn't justify the cost as well as travel for the event which would be price gouging on another level.

yerwanthere123

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Yes, got tickets for the night session on August 6th and the morning session on the 7th. They forced people buying tickets to split them across a couple of sports, so I had to buy a football ticket that I'm not going to use. The three tickets came to a total of €400, which I think will be worth it as a possible one in a lifetime experience to attend the Olympic games.

Also got the opportunity to buy more a few weeks later, but considering all that was left was single session €700 tickets I gave them a swerve. Still hoping to get more tickets in later sales though.

yerwanthere123

Another national record for Nick Griggs

https://twitter.com/irishathletics/status/1679953125560532997?s=19

yerwanthere123

And a 5000m national record for Brian Fay! Hopefully sub 13 will be on the horizon soon

https://twitter.com/Cathal_Dennehy/status/1680280339099295745?t=lGrLnud6sfY8Dxgl5fgEVw&s=19

Cosmo Kramer

Great 1-2 for O'Sullivan and Healy at the Euro Under 23s. Just burned off the rest of the field with ease on the last lap.

Caprica

An Irish 1-2 in the Womens 1500 in the Euro U23’s. Sophie O’Sullivan led home Sarah Healy in a PB of 4:07:18. Healy led all the way and Sophie took the lead in the home straight. I thought Sarah would come back at her but O’Sullivan held her off.

Mc Phillips was 7th on the 800, felt back in the home strait. Laadjel was 4th in the 10,000. It been an entertaining championship.

Cosmo Kramer

And a new 1500m National Record for Coscoran today as well as Olympic qualification.

Strazdas

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Sarah Healy ran a great race too and was actually closing again on Sophie at the finish.....she lost nothing in defeat.

Hamachi

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Very impressive run by Andrew Coscoran, shaving two seconds off his own NR. He should absolutely be targeting the final in Budapest.

Shout out also to Sarah Lavin who ran 12.79 in horrendous conditions in Santry at the Morton games on Friday. The 12.6xs and Derval O’Rourke’s NR is there for the taking in more optimal conditions.

The women’s 400m was also interesting today in Silesia. Mariledy Paulino, one of the favourites for gold in Budapest didn’t look great at all, nor did Sada Williams. On the other hand, both Natalia Kaczmarek and Lieke Klaver announced themselves as potential medalists, running 49.48 and 49.81 respectively. Rhasidat Adeleke will face both of them in Monaco. Will be fascinating to see how it plays out.

Hamachi

Anybody else feel that both the depth and the breadth of Irish athletics have moved forward significantly in the last couple of years?

We have continue to perform strongly in the middle distances, now joined by very good sprinters. We’re now even starting to making inroads in the field events e.g., Nicola Tuthill (hammer), Ruby Millet (long jump). Seems like a really optimistic time for the sport in this country..

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120859392#Comment_120859392

Definitely - the overall standard of athletes coming though is way ahead of what was happening in Sonia's and then Derval O'Rourke's time. I suspect the quality of local coaching has gone up considerably in the last decade.

joe35

Heading to the diamond league meeting in London next weekend. Andrew coscoron is running in it.

Must look at the line up and see names to watch out for. Anyone here know athletes worth keeping an eye out for

Cosmo Kramer

Rhasidat has announced this evening that she is going pro - busy day in Irish athletics!

Cosmo Kramer

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She seemed a bit down after the race and said she was disappointed in her post race interview. I wasn't getting the sense that she was taking much if any solace from it being an Irish 1-2, or that there was a huge amount of camaraderie between her and Sophie O'Sullivan.

Water John

Sophie says post race that she tends to get distracted mid race. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41184979.html

GolfPar

@AndrewCoscoran from Chorzow

stunning 3.30.42 with splits

400   57.5

800  56.3 (1.53.8 )

1200 55.6 ( 2.49.4 )

1500 41.0 ( 3.30.4 )

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The women's 5000m should be an exciting race with Hassan running and watching how McColgan comes back after her injury plus her improvements in the past year. I'm not sure I'd follow the headline and say it will be a 'Hassan vs McColgan' though but this is a British headline. I would love it to be competitive and see Mc Colgan making more strives...

https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/hassan-vs-mccolgan-at-london-diamond-league-1039968426/

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I'm probably going to get hammered for this but sometimes I dont think she takes her running seriously. She can appear very animated and look distracted before the gun even goes off sometimes.

Maybe I have it wrong and she just has a sunning disposition.

Cosmo Kramer

I think at least some of that may be down to her very obvious Australianness - having spent most of her life there, followed by the US scholarship, she has a very different personality to most Irish athletes.

ariana`

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120860113#Comment_120860113

Likewise I may get hammered but I see what you are getting at. It's hard to read her, she has a big personality and a different way about to her to a lot of the Irish athletes we may be more accustomed to.

I found the post race interview slightly uncomfortable viewing, I thought the body language was tense coming from Sarah. I guess she was very disappointed going in as the hot favourite. She's come on a lot this year and I sincerely hope this doesn't set her back, she's was well capable of winning gold today just maybe didn't quite get her race tactics right on the day?

ReeReeG

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I thought they should have interviewed them separately.. Hard on Healy to stand there when it kinda seemed like the race had been hers to lose. And yeah, knowing she has suffered with confidence previously I hope this won't set her back. Looks like there will be a rematch in two weeks at Nationals anyway going by the entry lists...

Strazdas

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Sarah seems quite a serious person, reserved as well. She's not exactly the bright and bubbly and outgoing type.

I didn't think she ran a bad race at all. She actually had a good last lap, quickened up the pace considerably and the only runner she didn't drop was Sophie.

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120859921#Comment_120859921

I agree on the last point - she and Sophie don't look close or as if they are bosom buddies.

I'm not sure what she could have done differently though. She quickened and quickened on that last lap and dropped all the field, bar one - it didn't look like she had messed up tactically.

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Maybe not leading the race from the start and sitting on the shoulders of the first two or three until the final lap or two...

Its a lot of pressure going into the race as favourite though and I agree they should've been interviewed separately, I would've been sickened if I was Sarah standing beside the winner and having to swallow a bitter pill in front of the camera.

Either way she did great and hopefully will redeem herself soon enough.

Strazdas

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Isn't that her usual style though? She tends not to come from behind but rather to lead out on the last lap.

I'd be a tiny bit critical of her stance during the interview tbh. You have to learn how to lose graciously as well as win graciously - there are lots of races where tactics don't quite go to plan and you don't do as well as you expected.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120860978#Comment_120860978

I was answering your previous question about how she could've been more tactical and to add to that if she's running every race the same way then perhaps a change of tactics is required. Sophie would've known her style and put the boot down on the home straight.

It's all well and good being graceful in defeat but if you were training all your life then you'd understandably be upset by a defeat after putting in the ground work.

She didn't exactly take a hissy fit, she just acted disappointed.

ariana`

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120860549#Comment_120860549

I'm not experienced in race tactics but Sarah seemed slow to react to Sophie's move and when she did it was too late. I thought maybe Sarah lost concentration and didn't respond to Sophie's kick quickly enough? It took Sophie to run a PB to claim the gold whereas Sarah seemed to be well within herself for Silver. Either way the Nats will be interesting. Sarah should definitely be out to right the wrong...