Elite Athletics Thread

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larkim
larkim
Feb 2020
9:26pm, 16 Feb 2020
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larkim
I was thinking of 200m tracks for that 1500m for that very reason.

Didn’t they do the DTTH in the Usain Bolt “Nitro” games?
larkim
larkim
Feb 2020
3:58pm, 17 Feb 2020
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larkim
With Tokyo mara mass event cancelled, there's got to be some doubt about the Olympics hasn't there? I know there's plenty of time still, but would you bet against it at the moment?
jda
jda
Feb 2020
4:05pm, 17 Feb 2020
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jda
Hate to jump on the panic bandwagon but I certainly wouldn't be booking anything without making triple sure there was good insurance cover for any related cancellation.

On the positive side, a lot of talk of hanging on for summer and hoping that the warmer weather will cut the spread. Though this sounds like wishful thinking to me.
larkim
larkim
Feb 2020
4:37pm, 17 Feb 2020
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larkim
I looked at some mapping which suggested that Africa and S America had almost zero cases registered. Whether that was climate related (i.e. no spread there) or data related (i.e. none recorded because systems are poor) would be the key issue!

OTOH I might be looking at Tokyo flights in the summer and wondering if there were bargains to be had, especially if you already have world wide annual travel insurance booked :-)
Gobi
Gobi
Feb 2020
11:17pm, 17 Feb 2020
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Gobi
5km WR !!!!!!!!

WOW !!!
larkim
larkim
Feb 2020
12:45pm, 21 Feb 2020
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larkim
This seems an unusally rational article on Salazar / Farah / UKA on the BBC. So I had to check who authored it - and surprise surprise, it wasn't Dan Roan. I can imagine the tone would have been markedly different if he had.

bbc.co.uk

Panorama next week is on UKA / Salazar, so they're warming the story back up. Intrigued to see what comes out of it - but if this article is anything to go by (i.e. no salacious stuff) it doesn't feel like there's a huge bomb about to drop.
swittle
swittle
Feb 2020
1:42pm, 21 Feb 2020
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swittle
BBC Radio 4 today, 'You And Yours'
'How buying a platinum travel insurance policy you thought would cover everything doesn't necessarily cover you if your trip has problems because of Coronavirus.'
[From 33:55]

bbc.co.uk
runnerbean
runnerbean
Feb 2020
8:31pm, 21 Feb 2020
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runnerbean
Women’s indoor triple jump WR gone today

Rojas 15.43 ...just watched it. Brilliant jump.
FreshStart
FreshStart
Feb 2020
8:33pm, 21 Feb 2020
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FreshStart
And this runnersworld.com
runnerbean
runnerbean
Feb 2020
8:48pm, 21 Feb 2020
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runnerbean
I saw that but I think I just expect the running times to fall but not so much the jumpers or throwers.

Athletics is great at times isn’t it.

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