Tokyo 2020: Athletics Thread

Great effort from Coscoran. Be a brave man to call the final I think but Cheruiyot still has to be favourite I guess. Did he hit his peak last year though?

Cole Hocker through too. I don't I think it will pan out to be a tactically slow final, but if it did I'd back him to get a medal off his finishing kick. I'll still be cheering for Josh Kerr and Jakob. And Wightman to a lesser extent.

Luxo lad Grethen qualifies. Delighted for him. About 6 months ago two of us were doing a little session at a local track (the main one nearby must have been closed) Grethen and another lad - who I teach, as it happens - were doing a slightly more quality track workout. He asked us, quite nicely, to keep lane 3 free. I think he was doing 300s.

Incredible achievement for a country this size to get a finalist in a 1500. Big PB too.

The mixed relay took 2 seconds off the national record in their semi final. I think of the the guys (Greene?) split faster than his PB in there too but it doesn't count as an actual PB even though he started out of the blocks.

Coscoran was 0.18 off his own PB. Even if he surpassed it by 0.2 he would have still finished where he did. He has probably given the best account of himself so far IMO considering he was probably fatigued after making the semi final in the first place.

I'm hopeful we'll see a PB or two in the marathons.

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Heat and humidity must be a factor surely. Anyone who was "dying" in our recent week of summer should no the difference it can make!

Really looking forward to the women’s 1500m final. I feel like the duel between Kipyegon and Hassan will be epic. If they really go at it, we may see a 3:4x:xx outcome, something that would have been inconceivable several years ago.

I really hope that Laura Muir also medals. She’s a gutsy runner who has just missed out on several occasions. She deserves that piece of hardware for her consistently high level of performance since she emerged in 2013. Realistically, she needs to be smart and target the bronze. If she runs around 3:55, nobody else in that field is catching her. She may even pick up a silver in the unlikely event that one of the protagonists blows up. Have my fingers crossed for her.

So Diniz took a long stop and is currently 1.40 down on the leaders. Looks like he is pulling out now. Obviously has problems. He made it very entertaining.

He done very well and you could see the delight in his face going over the finish line. Along with the marathon swimming it must be one of the toughest events to take part in, especially in the heat and humidity out there.

To be honest, going back 12 months or two years this is the race I'd have looked forward to the most at the current Olympics, thats partly as I was hoping Ciara Mageean would be in it; but partly because Muir is such a class act and because I've been following Hassan ever since she won the European Cross Country a few years back; Fionnuala McCormack was 4th in that race. Should be a really great race.