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Athletics 2024 (Mod note #869)

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    #332
    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    That’s a good squad for world relays. I wonder how they’ll manage it? Go all in on the women’s 4x400m with Adeleke, Mawdsley, Healy and Becker or distribute more evenly and try to make the final of both the mixed and the women’s 4x400m on day 1?

    Don’t know much about Lauren Cadden, but she seems like a prospect. Only started running the 400m this year and is already down to 53.3x, breaking Karen Shinkins 400m inter varsity record set in 1999. She reckons she can get into the 52s pretty soon. Could really augment the relay squad this summer.



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    #333
    ReeReeG
    Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭ReeReeG


    Parker Valby is some talent. New 10,000m NCAA record the other night. And manages to make it all look so effortless in all the clips I've seen of her.



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    #334
    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122014003#Comment_122014003

    She certainly is and all that off just 25-35 miles weekly. Apparently, most of her success is due to cross-training.



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    #335
    ReeReeG
    Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭ReeReeG


    Jeez so I can't be blaming my lower mileage at all 😆



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    #336
    omicron
    Registered Users Posts: 835 ✭✭✭omicron


    Elizabeth Ndudi set a new senior NR in the long jump yesterday in Illinois, 6.68m.



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    #337
    secman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,316 ✭✭✭secman


    Just heard today that Athletics Ireland lost a great ambassador and servant , a man who gave 50+ years to Tallaght Athletic Club and coached hundreds of kids and adults alike over the years.

    RIP The legend that was Johnny Fox 😢

    He was also the founder of the great fund raiser for Pieta House that has become a world wide event ..the Darkness into Light walks.

    A true gentleman 👏



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    #338
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Meant to post this much sooner, but the 2024 Diamond League season starts later today in Xiamen. Coverage begins at 12 on Virgin Media 2.

    Entry lists

    https://xiamen.diamondleague.com/program-results/program-2024/#baseFrame%23__athSchedule%23ScheduleInit%23Xiamen_2024_CURRENTEVENT_JSON



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    #339
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    3:50.30 for Gudaf Tsegay! Not far off the world record, third fastest of all time!! How the hell does she decide what to run in Paris.

    Commentary on Virgin Media was weird though, not once did they mention the possibility of the world record going down or barely any reference to how fast the run we were witnessing was.



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    #340
    Itziger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,016 ✭✭✭Itziger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122042558#Comment_122042558

    Yeah, watching that and I thought, hang on a minute, this is super quick. Just doing a bit of Maths with 200 to go, but nothing from the commentators, as you say.



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    #341
    Itziger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,016 ✭✭✭Itziger


    Mondo did alright too.



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    #342
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,164 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Am I missing something, or did Virgin completely miss the women's 200m because they were on an ad break?



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    #343
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122069949#Comment_122069949

    You didn't, they missed the entire thing. Also returned from an ad break after the men's 800m had already started, and I wouldn't be surprised if they take one in the closing stages of the men's 5k. It's great they've made a commitment to athletics, but they also need to commit to covering the sport properly. They don't take breaks for their football coverage, for example.



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    #344
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    I'm sure they’ll learn where to insert the breaks. They currently have very little experience of it.



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    #345
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,518 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Very frustrating. Better to pause the coverage, than completely miss the action. Will use VPN and watch from the BBC website the next time.



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    #346
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,164 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Adeleke won the Texas invitational 100m, against Alfred, Asher-Smith and others, in wait for it, 10.84.

    Sorry lads, wind +3.5🙃



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    #347
    deisedude
    Registered Users Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭deisedude


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122071725#Comment_122071725

    Regardless of the time and wind reading that's a quality field she beat



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    #348
    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122072198#Comment_122072198

    That’s fantastic. Better still, she’s running world relays next weekend too. With Adeleke running and Mawdsley and Healy firing on all cylinders, they could lower the national record by 2 or 3 seconds.



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    #349
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,657 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122071725#Comment_122071725

    It has been estimated this evening that she would have won in 10.89 without that breeze behind her : that is blisteringly fast for an Irish athlete.



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    #350
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 55,694 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Jakob’s father charged with abuse against his children. He Sounds like a right nasty bastid.



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    #351
    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    Nick Griggs opened his outdoor season yesterday in Spain. A solid 3.37 opener, placing him sixth in a high quality field.

    My sense is that he will make the European championships, but the Olympics will likely remain out of range for him at this early stage of his senior career.



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    #352
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,164 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Mixed relay team straight to OG, winning their heat. 🥰



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    #353
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,657 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098855#Comment_122098855

    Fantastic run by the team, nobody ran a weak leg and they broke the NR too.

    Mawdsley is a class act…..ran a superb last 400m and didn't even look like she would be caught.



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    #354
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,657 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Women's 4x400m qualify for Paris as well…..win their heat and another NR.



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    #355
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Women's 4x400m win their heat, qualify for the final, qualify for the Olympics and set a new National Record in the process. Adeleke and Mawdsley were running for the second time tonight as well, wow!



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    #356
    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    Not sure what to say. Absolutely insane performances by the Irish teams. How cool to see Irish relay squads defeat world class opposition and the women’s 4x400m squad qualify fastest on the night.

    Adeleke and Mawdsley were just phenomenal. Phil Healy also ran a very fast split. Tom Barr was excellent in the mixed. One of the most exciting nights for Irish athletics.



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    #357
    Slow_Runner
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭Slow_Runner


    Absolutely brilliant result for both teams! Looking at tonight's timetable there is only 30mins between finals (2:40am and 3:10am Irish time), I wonder will they swap out Adeleke and Mawdsley for one of the races and target a medal in the other.



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    #358
    deisedude
    Registered Users Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭deisedude


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099199#Comment_122099199

    Which do we have a better shot of a medal at?



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    #359
    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099199#Comment_122099199

    The problem is that you can only substitute one athlete in the mixed. Either one of Adeleke or Mawdsley will have to run regardless. Given that constraint, they may as well go all in on the mixed. I’d probably substitute Jack Raftery in on the opening leg.


    It’s a shame because we probably have a higher medal probability in the women’s. Roisin Harrison is a solid enough relay runner and it’s a chance to blood Lauren Cadden to see how she does. Those two, plus Becker and Healy can only realistically target fifth or sixth, enough to secure us a decent lane in Paris.



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    #360
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,657 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Third place for the mixed 4 x 400m team. New NR and Adeleke ran 48.45 for her leg (!)



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    #361
    Slow_Runner
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭Slow_Runner


    Great run by Mawdsley on the anchor leg,pushed Bol all the way to the line, 50:12 for her split



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