Athletics 2024 (Mod note #869)

Fair enough, still a 5 second pb and 7 seconds faster that last year at that level is massive

I disagree. I think top 5 is baseline for Adeleke. I don’t see any scenario where she finishes outside the top 5.

Paulino will almost certainly finish ahead of her. Kaczmarek possibly too. Who else? Drug cheat Salwa Eid Naser? Shaunae Miller Uibo isn’t herself this year. There isn’t really anybody else capable of beating Adeleke.

Sada Williams isn’t anywhere near Adeleke’s level. Miller-Uibo may not even run in Paris. That leaves three rivals. Adeleke was training through the Euros. There’s a very high probability she’ll medal in Paris.

Outside Naser, none of the top 400m women have ever been tainted by doping allegations, so not sure where you’re going with that one..

Don't be so naive!

There's a lot of maybe's and presumptions in your post and even then you have her 4th. I think she has a good chance of a medal but let's not talk of this being a foregone conclusion. A top 5 would be amazing and anything higher incredible.

How would I have evidence? This is a small internet discussion forum in Ireland, calm yourself. I just told you not to be so naive.

Let's hope Adeleke gets a medal anyway, it would be amazing for Irish athletics.

I didn't think calling someone naive was a big insult? It's separate to the main topic of the conversation anyway, which I think the poster now accepts. The topic of drugs in athletics is a whole other ball game, if someone thinks it's not much of an issue, then I think naive is a good way of describing them. That's my opinion, it's not meant to offend anyone.

That's good, I'm not sure why the other poster got offended on your behalf. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. We all want the best for Irish athletes at the end of the day.

I'd say with Healy that 7th in a European senior final was actually not a bad result, maybe a bit overshadowed by Ciara's gold; but it was a decent performance, one of our best individual performances at the finals and I'd say it helped her confidence.

No real surprises there. Seeing Cadden, McGrory, and McCann all selected for the mixed and women’s 4x400m, suggests to me that the big guns may not be running the mixed relay. It’s a shame as it’s probably one of our best chances at a medal.

Ciara Mageean and Rhasidat on the startlists for Monaco Diamond League tomorrow night

she is amazing, even more excited for the Olympics now

Looking good for Paris - that was a very fast time.

What's happened to Mageean's form…..illness, injury? It's only four weeks or since the European Championships.

It may be as simple as she's not targetting these races. She could be in the middle of an intense few weeks of heavy load, and the races are simply to keep her sharp, without being concerned about times/placing (or conceivably to fulfil contracts). She decided to peak for the Europeans and the Olympics, and everything else is just part of the training, and she considers it all part of the plan.

Or she's injured, or she's unwell, or the Europeans were a peak that couldn't be maintained, or, or, or… We're really not going to know until the Olympics rolls round, barring she comes out with some explicit statement

Am I mistaken in thinking she said she trained through the European championships. (might be getting her mixed up with someone else.)

What a run from Jakob... Looks like his back in shape again. Great runs behind him so.

From Athletics Ireland FB page

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Nick Griggs (Candour Track Club) has broken the Irish U23 5000m record clocking 13:13.07 at the Morton Games in Santry 🤩

The 19-year-old from Tyrone moves to sixth on the Irish senior all-time list 🤯

I hope so too, but there’s no denying that was a very poor run. I have my fingers crossed she is simply timing a peak for Paris. My expectations are low right now though.

Excellent run by Adeleke. The only slight concern was Klaver being relatively close. Paulino and Kaczmarek are way, way better than Klaver. It will take sub 49 to medal in Paris.

And 0.47 is a long way for Rhasidat to be ahead of Klaver at her best in a competitive 400m!