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Athletics 2024 (Mod note #869)

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    #1022
    deisedude
    Registered Users Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭deisedude


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



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    #1023
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Diamond League startlists for Monaco

    https://monaco.diamondleague.com/en/programme-resultats-monaco-en/#baseFrame%23__athSchedule%23ScheduleInit%23Monaco_2024_CURRENTEVENT_JSON

    Will be interested to see how Ciara Mageean gets on over the rather odd 2000m distance, and to see whether Paris was just a bad race or a sign of poor form.

    Very intrigued to see what Adeleke will do in the 400m, think she might be looking to lay down a marker before the Olympics.

    The men's 400m hurdles could be incredible if all three of Warholm, Benjamin and Dos Santos take to the start line, but fully expect one will pull out with 'injury' before tomorrow's race.



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    #1024
    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122369990#Comment_122369990

    Not aimed at you, but it isn’t it mad that we are categorizing a 3.58 1500m as a poor race, symptomatic of bad form. 3.58 was Sonia O’Sullivan’s Irish record for 27 years. These days, all it gets you is a back-of-the-pack position in a diamond league race. Shows how much the event has moved on. It feels like 3.56 / 3.57 is becoming the new benchmark of legitimate world class.

    I also can’t wait for the men’s 400m hurdles tonight. Should be fireworks.



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    #1025
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    The big three are all still listed in the 400m hurdles tonight, so seems it'll likely be happening. I don't think it's unreasonable to think the world record could possibly go down? Fast track with all three to push each other, I don't think it's out of the question. If not that then a low 46 perhaps.

    Speaking of world records, Jessica Hull is gonna make an attempt on the 2000m record. Fair play to her, may as well as she's in the form of her life.



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    #1026
    finlma
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭finlma


    Anyone know if the Diamond League is available on any TV channel?



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    #1027
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122372871#Comment_122372871

    Virgin Media 2 at 7pm 🙂



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    #1028
    fits
    Registered Users Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭fits


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122372871#Comment_122372871

    just came on to ask same question.



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    #1029
    Hold My Hand
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭Hold My Hand


    Fabulous run from Rhasidat



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    #1030
    Xander10
    Registered Users Posts: 4,975 ✭✭✭Xander10


    WOW



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    #1031
    Doc07
    Registered Users Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭Doc07


    she is amazing, even more excited for the Olympics now



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    #1032
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    First ever DL win, not far off her PB, brilliant. Sub 49 won't be long coming 😎



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    #1033
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,657 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


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



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    #1034
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Sedjati is very firmly the Olympic favourite now. Whether or not he'd eventually get to keep the medal is another question 🙂



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    #1035
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    World Record for Jessica Hull! Wow!!

    Ciara Mageean tried going with the pace and faded badly, 10th in 5:43 😐



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    #1036
    Markus Antonius
    Registered Users Posts: 2,237 ✭✭✭Markus Antonius


    So bizarre. 2-3 of the leading pack just pulled out on the penultimate lap and the commentators just completely ignored it. It was almost like they were just there as wind-breakers for Hull.

    Something about this championship (being so close to the Olympics) that just seems a bit off….



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    #1037
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    So bizarre. 2-3 of the leading pack just pulled out on the penultimate lap and the commentators just completely ignored it. It was almost like they were just there as wind-breakers for Hull.

    They were pacemakers 🙂 Their job is to drag Hull to as fast a time as they could. They were supposed to pull out of the race.



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    #1038
    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373184#Comment_122373184

    …are you referring to the pacemakers? Martín and Guerrero?

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    #1039
    Strazdas
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    What's happened to Mageean's form…..illness, injury? It's only four weeks or since the European Championships.



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    #1040
    Cosmo Kramer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,024 ✭✭✭Cosmo Kramer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373184#Comment_122373184

    You don't watch a lot of athletics outside of the Championships clearly. 😂

    Mageean is miles off where she needs to be at this point. Something must have gone wrong in the last few weeks, but the improvement in standards in the event from many others means she was unlikely to contend in any case. On current form she won't make the final, or possibly even be the top Irish athlete in the event.



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    #1041
    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373202#Comment_122373202

    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

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    #1042
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    3:26.73 for Ingebrigtsen, he's got to go for the World Record some day. Will go to Paris as the favourite, but I still think he's beatable. We know he can run fast in these kind of races but struggles when he has to do the work himself. We'll see in a few weeks.



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    #1043
    Ceepo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭Ceepo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373276#Comment_122373276

    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.



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    #1044
    gigantic09
    Registered Users Posts: 611 ✭✭✭gigantic09


    Hopefully it's that she's in the middle of heavy training.She had a smile on her face when she congratulated Hull if that means anything.



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    #1045
    Ceepo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭Ceepo


    From Athletics Ireland FB page

    💥 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐒 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐒 𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐔𝟐𝟑 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 💥

    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 🤯



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    #1046
    liamooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭liamooooo


    That's a stunning run. Fastest run by a European 19 year old I'd say outside of Jacob. His 3000 metres time from Cork earlier in the week was also outstanding



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    #1047
    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373345#Comment_122373345

    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.



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    #1048
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Feels like Griggs has been around for a while now that I forget he's only 19. Great future ahead.



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    #1049
    liamooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭liamooooo


    His season has been excellent but really gone under the radar. If he was born 2 weeks later he would be still in the under 20 age category this season and outside of laros the Dutch lad there are not any other 19 year old Europeans putting up these consistent all time leading European times at 1500, 3000 and 5000 for this age



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    #1050
    Speak Now
    Registered Users Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373410#Comment_122373410

    In fairness to Klaver she ran a PB tonight.



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    #1051
    omicron
    Registered Users Posts: 835 ✭✭✭omicron


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373582#Comment_122373582

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



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