2022 World Outdoor Season

And there are articles floating on the web saying that 18 year old Christine Mboma is really a man. What a crazy world.
 
freedom1 said:
Any opinions on Erriyon Knighton (18 years old with a 19.49 for 200 meters) or Letsile Tebogo (18 years old with a 9.96 for 100 meters). How can this be? These guys are only 18 years old.
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There has always been young prodigy types in track and field. Bob Mathias won gold in the Decathlon as a high school senior and then when he was 21 and retired so you could argue he never won a medal in his true prime.

Knighton is one of those type of athletes as for Tebogo he could be but he represents Botswana which has a history of lax testing so he could be Knighton or doping already at 18 and change.

PS you need to look at the wind gauge and it was altitude so that time isn't as impressive as it looks at first glance.

He ran altitude with a near max wind so you could add a tenth and some on his time and then it won't be out of this world but an excellent time.

Also I recall about 10+years ago a South African meet had two national class runners running 9.9X and 10 flat and the world didn't believe the times and then it came out the wind gauge wasn't working properly and neither runner ran anything close to those times again.
 
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freedom1 said:
And there are articles floating on the web saying that 18 year old Christine Mboma is really a man. What a crazy world.
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I think it's obvious Mboma is not XX but some verison of XY.

Also something needs to be done about Mboma as Mboma will steal medals and final lanes from hard working XX athletes. Also if Mboma is banned from the short sprints, judging from what happened with Semenya the lower placing athletes won't get the medals they deserve.

The photogenic Canadian is a classic case of somebody who probably lost 7 figures to this red tape from the IAAF.
 
Knighton looks to be just one of those very rare guys born with amazing speed. I have never seen anything like it. Even Bolt wasn't even close to that fast. No one ever has been.

There is gene editing going on these days. Who knows but he passes the eye test so far. Have to give credit and that time is from another planet.

Tebogo just seems like one of those sprinters where his body is just far more mature than other guys his age. He may be an early peak sprinter and then comes back
to earth soon. I agree that the testing in this countries is very weak. They are both so young though that we will just have to wait and see.
 
Zachary Jewell ran in Florida today. The last couple of weeks he has really regressed. Not sure if he is hurt, overraced or what. He only
ran a 10.40 today so he is going backwards. It's possible he peaked too early as he ran that 10.09 about 3 weeks ago. Being a clean sprinter
is always tough because you have to train in such a way so that you don't hit your peak physical condition until the major championships.

If I were him I would rest for a couple of weeks.
 
I couldn't believe Erriyon Knighton's innocent sounding kid's voice when an Australian commentator interviewed him after his Olympic 200 run. He seemed to have no knowledge of sprint history at all and where he already figured in it.
He is a stunning talent - imaging being a half second faster than the fastest under 20 sprinter in history. Will be be first man under 19 seconds? Quite possibly.

Put into my perspective, my countrymen Caleb Law and Aiden Murphy are number 3 and 7 under 20 200m sprinters in the world at present - yet they are 0.9 and 1.1 seconds respectively behind Knighton - ......... 10 metres?

I actually like it - because I'm tired of seeing people bring up their superhero Bolt to undermine any good performances by athletes coming along down the track. Imagine when someone can dismiss Bolt as being "very good for his day"
 
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We have our old mate Ramil Guliyev's 20.04 as 3rd fastest under 18 200m time in history and little known South African Riaan Demper's 20.16 as number 10
 
Next weekend is when the track season will pick up a little over in Europe. There is a big meet in Germany. Hoping to see Julian Wagner open up his season
but they haven't posted the starting lists yet. We will also see Filippo Tortu over 100 meters in his season opener. He will race over 200 meters one week later.

I'm ready for the European Track Circuit as well as the rest of the world. The competition to make the US Team for the World Championships is going to be crazy
with so many fast guys. The 200 meters at the US Nationals will be like watching an Olympics Final.
 
jacknyc said:
Here's the race.


He beat a high quality international field. Impressive.
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Cunningham is already beating pro hurdlers. He is gonna have an incredible year. He is a senior so he will turn pro after he graduates from Florida State University. This
kid is gonna be fun to follow over the next decade!
 
jacknyc said:
Here's the race.


He beat a high quality international field. Impressive.
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I liked the respectful comraderie as guys like Belocian, Pozzi and others there saw a new young star emerging. That's the essence of competition.
America does seem to be getting some great white track athletes at last - and really world class ones will be respected for their talent and hard work by all their competitors
 
In April Charlie Dobson ran a 20.19 2oom in Florida, which we mentioned.
But what we missed, is that a week later, also in Florida, he ran a windy 19.99 (3.6w).
Just to see that he ran sub-20 is impressive.
I am sure he will be able to do a wind legal sub 20 as the season progresses.
 
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jacknyc said:
In April Charlie Dobson ran a 20.19 2oom in Florida, which we mentioned.
But what we missed, is that he a week later, also in Florida, he ran a windy 19.99 (3.6w).
Just to see that he ran sub-20 is impressive.
I am sure he will be able to do a wind legal sub 20 as the season progresses.
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Nice find jacknyc. Yes somehow we missed it but between all of us we are good at finding things sooner or later. I would love to see what
Charlie Dobson can do over 100 meters. He has only raced once indoors over 60 meters and twice outdoors in the 200 meters. He ran a
time of 6.58 in the 60 which shows he has some explosion and he rarely runs that distance. Why not have him double up over the 100 and
200 meters instead of the 200 & 400 meters. Dobson is one to watch for sure!
 
On a smaller stage, Brandon Miller enrolled Grand Valley State University this past year, a D2 school. GVSU won the D2 indoor championships this year for the first time, spurred on by his win in the 200m with a time of 21.02. This time would have placed 6th at the D1 Indoor National Championships (the race where Boling scratched).

Miller just set a personal best 10.25 100m last weekend at the the Al Owens Classic, breaking his school's all-time record as a freshman. He's in his age 18/19 season here and still looks like he has plenty of growing to do. His times seem a bit erratic, meaning that he's produced some surprising personal bests. He won the Nike High School Outdoor 200m last year with a 20.49, well better than anything he'd previously run. This led to his rather shocking under-recruitment from collegiate programs and how GVSU came to enroll its first national champion. Unfortunately, there's a paucity of D2 coverage and barely any photos of this impressive kid in action. His fans just have to follow the school's team page for updates.

Today, he coasted with a 20.89 to win his preliminary 200m heat. I'll be interested to see how he does tomorrow, although he may not have to push himself to win this one.

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Talk about a tough first 100 meters race in Africa for Filippo Tortu. He is up against alot of the big boys right out of the gate. Not
a good choice but I like his confidence. To be the best you have to race against the best. Hope he can start off the year on a good note!

2022 Kip Keino Classic

(100 Meters Men)

MATADI Emmanuel LBR
RODGERS Mike
BRUINTJIES Hendricho RSA
OMANYALA Ferdinand KEN
YOUNG Isiah USA
KERLEY Fred USA
BEDNAREK Kenny USA
TORTU Filippo ITA
JACOBS Lamont Marcell ITA
 
white lightning said:
2022 Kip Keino Classic
(100 Meters Men)

MATADI Emmanuel LBR
RODGERS Mike
BRUINTJIES Hendricho RSA
OMANYALA Ferdinand KEN
YOUNG Isiah USA
KERLEY Fred USA
BEDNAREK Kenny USA
TORTU Filippo ITA
JACOBS Lamont Marcell ITA
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Yes, that's a tough looking field to run your first race of the year against. (I don't believe Tortu raced indoors this year..?).
He'd do well to finish 5th.
Let's see.
 
yep, in at the deep end - right beside his countryman. Fifth would be a good result here.

And, who'd have thought it, workhorse MIKE RODGERS is there too. He sure earns his money the hard way
 
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jacknyc said:
Yes, that's a tough looking field to run your first race of the year against. (I don't believe Tortu raced indoors this year..?).
He'd do well to finish 5th.
Let's see.
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Tortu finished 7th in 10.24.
Unlike many others who race too much and burn themselves out (Boling), I've always thought that Tortu raced too little. I think he needs to race more to stay sharp. There is no substitute for real race experience.
 
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Simon Ehammer, a decathlete from Switzerland, long jumped 8.30 meters yesterday (27ft, 2-3/4")
That's 2nd longest in the world this year, and also a national record and a decathlon record. Pretty amazing considering he's not a long jumper.

Meanwhile, the 3rd longest jump this year is Emiliano Lasa of Uruguay.
The world leader at the moment is a guy from India.
 
Here's Simon Ehammer's 8.30 long jump.
He might have a better future in the long jump than the decathlon.
 
This kid is amazing. Yes it's a tough choice that Simon Ehammer will have to make. Because he is so young I wouldn't give up on the Decathalon
yet. His talent is off the charts. I would enter him in some occasional long jump competitions a few times a year. His explosiveness off the board is incredible! The kid even has a Marvel Type Super Hero Name. Gotta love it! :)
 
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Maybe someone to keep an eye on over the next 3 years:

Sam Blaskowski of the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse, won the 100m today at the WIAC Outdoor Championships.
His time was 10.14 (3.9w), which is the second-fastest all-conditions mark in NCAA DIII history.
He's just a freshman.
 
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