Athletics 2024 (Mod note #869)

Yep, I'm the same. That guff in the studio wrecks my head, really dont like that with RTE. Which was why the Worlds on Virgin last year were great with the world TV feed and then that lad trackside interviewing the Irish athletes and the occasional world star that got lost! Ingebritsen did an interview with him after losing a race for some reason, was odd.

I set up the RTE player going on my laptop and leave it, then turn on vpn and in a separate window switch BBC iPlayer with the Euro feed and keep an eye on both, usually the BBC feed though.

You could see Natalia Kaczmarek had that in the bag, though there wasn't much in it. The commentator talking just before the race started that anything less than gold would be a disappointment for Rashidat. 🙄 There's nothing wrong with a silver medal.

PB?

Disappointed for Mawdesley, she's better than she ran in that final

Don’t necessarily agree with Sonia. Kinda suggested that Adeleke didn’t see it through when she got ahead. She ran so hard the last 75

Definitely. People keep talking about Rashidat, but Sharlene ran faster than Rashidat in the 400m mixed relay final. She said she gave up in the last 50m, she was saying there was a lot going on around her. You could see there was a big gap between the inner runners and the outside 4. I don't know did they get their pacing wrong.

Again, no coverage of the steeplechase.

Useless shower of ******ers

Well done Rhasidat, brilliant run and it had to take the fastest time this year to beat her, super proud of a Tallaght AC athlete and she's only 21.👏👏👏

She is a national treasure. Something special.

https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/results/athletics/women-s-400m

how many of these go again in Paris and are still hot ****? Coz kaczmarek was down the order in Tokyo

The girl that beat her ran a PB also and also set a national record.

PB in a senior final, a first senior medal and the Olympics to come - as much as we all wanted gold for her, this outcome can help fuel the next 2 months of prep for her plus invaluable lessons learned etc

Well done, what a run!

Well done RTE for showing ZERO of Tuthill's hammer throws live. She's an afterthought, they're showing her interview afterwards at least.

I'm just saying it's a uniquely tough race.

1st and 2nd both got PBs and National records.

You know you've been spoilt this week when you're a bit deflated with Adeleke winning a silver medal. But she went out in the final and ran a PB, you can't ask for more than that. I think I'm more annoyed with Kaczmarek than anything - annoyed at her for being so good!

Mawdsley will be disappointed with that time, a lot of racing in a short space of time maybe catching up with a few of them now.

Will be interesting to see what team we put out in the relay tomorrow morning. Presumably we're likely to rest Mawdsley and Adeleke - can we make the final without them?

Sickener for Joshua Hartmann, disqualified in the 200m final after a false start. He would have medaled at least, if not won. All that effort for nothing.

this fact may not get the recognition it deserves. Kaczmarek & Rhasidat are basically the fastest Europeans finalists ever and yes I absolutely don’t count the East German doped to have more testosterone than Linford Christie.

Shouted at the telly watching that for the first time since Thomas Barr at Rio. Super night for Irish athletics

maybe immediately after the finish but she was very happy when interviewed and mature for her years, a new superstar

Both times are the fastest by Europeans since Marie José Perec won the Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996. Amazing times by both. Really super run by Adeleke. Kazmarek was always going to be tough to beat and I didn’t think she had a sub 49 in her. Fair play to both of them. I see both on the podium in Paris along with Mariledy Paulino from the Dominican Republic, who is the favourite for gold at this point.

Just a note on Mawdsley. I’m sure she’s devastated by her performance. More than a second off her best. I’m was really hoping for a new PB for her, but it wasn’t to be.