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that's about what I'm expecting from Boling too - hopefully he hasn't tanked after that sub 45 heat. Jenna Prandini is a gem of an athlete. I thought Canadian Audrey LeDuc looks a similar body shape - no huge muscles as an impediment

yep, and our relay final leg sprinter, Joshua Azzopardi, PB'd just behind the Belgian with a 10.14. It's all coming together nicely

I haven't seen it posted, probably because it was the last event for the Euro champs, but anchor Alexander Doom from Belgium clocked a very fine 43.88 leg for that final 400m. Great race! The famous Borlees have inspired talent like Doom

so 44.94 is a PB - if he was holding back a little that'd means he's running to his best anyway. All the best to him in his following runs in both events

I'm of that opinion too - a very wind legal 10.01 and 10.02 and 10.05s ...... how close can you get? Tortu did one 9.99 so is known as a sub 10 sprinter (he only shows that form in the relay though). In essence they have the same talent - the difference in their bests while running at high...

I reckon he does realise that. There's always new young athletes hungry to achieve success (Seb Sultana has a 10.17 legal as 18) and Rohan's now been taking track seriously for 10 years or so. After a few years on the slide the momentum and urgency just dissipates. I'd love to see him continue...

no-one here except die-hard athletics fans (and that isn't a huge number of people) even remembers Patrick Johnson running sub 10 ..... just that he was a good indigenous athlete. Very few will ever remember a second guy here who runs 9.99 or so either. Not many people know much more than a tall...

nice. And I know Zoe Hobbs has been holding back on peaking (as all Australasian athletes must) so a still wind 11.17 seems about her natural base line. This aeticle shows she is where she needs to be 6 weeks out. https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/06/22/zoe-hobbs-wins-in-poland/

well, he's been getting minor injuries for a few years now - that often spells a use by date. Why would he want to keep doing it after Paris is my thought - probably get started on his career is my guess

Femke Bol's training regime stressing the technicality aspects of her preparation.

I love how down to earth she is ...... and, of course, her accent

yeah, he's a mellow type of guy - confident and assured. But, as he said about losing his mullet and running faster ... "I feel faster but evidence wouldn't suggest that". I don't want to see him run out first round. And the relay team will not run him if not in form, certainly not in the...

interesting. That wonderful anchor run by Tortu in Tokyo 2021 puts him in esteemed company, tied with Carl Lewis at 5th place 8.65Usain Bolt Jamaica2 May 2015Nassau 8.68Asafa Powell Jamaica22 August 2008Beijing 8.80Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago3 May 2014Nassau 8.83Ryan Bailey United...

Sorry - I can't agree at all. It's a numbers game. Where there is success those who feel they have a chance will follow. Black children see black success in sprints so try sprints by the bucket load- where there can be great rewards if they are successful. The vast majority won't make it but...

he's had a knee issue and I don't think he can qualify - he will be part of the relay squad if he's healthy enough but at the moment he's getting beaten (just slightly) by a few of his team mates. If he recovers form he's got 2 metres on them but not at present

I've always scoffed at "men" who responded unkindly with "she's a bloke", feeling threatened by her size, speed and physicality

fast - her heat run was 11.18 , -3.0 wind = 11.00 with no wind according to Mureiki's tables Big glutes for a slenderly built woman. A Prandini type frame. Let's hope they don't try to improve her by filling her frame with muscle

here's a youtube I hadn't seen before today.... "the best of Daphne Schippers" which finishes with 2018 and 2019 when she was struggling to overcome injury but still did very well. To me the European girls look to be a friendlier bunch by and large than the U.S sprinters. Just a...

an interesting article - much food for thought there! so ...... should they start by lowering the $$$ prizes for sprinters to be more in line with that offered for "lesser" track and field events? That would seem sure to get more people sticking with some other event they are good at apart from...

yep, and he always races for his country no matter the championships concerned. That race wasn't very deep because a lot of other countries' top athletes made themselves unavailable due to the coming Olympics. Ingebrigtsen doesn't play those games - he always races. He's a credit to the sport...

I have always seen Kambundji as a very fair and friendly athlete over the years so I watched this after you posted. The ones she hugged with came over to congratulate her as winner. Kambundji looked too stunned to do much because she'd come dead last in the 100m. To my eye the French woman...

what a pathetic bunch those once great Germans are on an athletics field

and each time 1 cm away from the Greek record. How unlucky can he be?

people like Doom and Dobson would certainly seem to have more talent at 400 than Boling, at least at the moment. He's a good 400 runner but probably won't ever be great or we'd have seen it by now

it is real. Been there with his mum and maternal grandparents since a month old. Didn't learn too much American in those 3 weeks he was there.