Ah lads, Ingebretsen has just destroyed a world class field in a Diamond League meeting in Oregon over a mile. Barely broke a sweat. A field of PB’s behind him and none of them close to him
Live on BBC3.
he’s taking serious stuff
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When a Scandinavian is hammering the Kenyans and Ethiopians over the middle distances then you know he must be on good stuff
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that strict diet and clean Norwegian air does him wonders
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Men’s 100m the highlight of the meeting to finish things off
My Raheny Shamrock clubmate and fellow Wexfordian Sophie Becker posted a new 400m PB of 51.83 in Belgium this evening. Sharlene Mawdsley ran a SB 52.27 in the same race. Shows how good Rhasidat Adeleke’s recent 50.70 was.
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Ingebretsen going for the 1 mile european record here in Oslo on BBC3
Just outside it by 0.14 of a second. Steve Crams record is safe for another while. He’s a freak of an athlete. He’ll break it soon
How good was Steve Cram?
That was a golden age of middle distance running
Can’t be too many records from that generation still standing
A good few female records from the 80s still stand, Flo Jo, Koch etc. Golden era of doping
He was good but I dont think the mile is run that often on the track anymore. Always thought him a bit bland. Used to watch the Grand Prix series that set Sonia up back then.
There was another Brit that was brilliant at sprinting from the back, guy with a tash, Eamon Martin. He was right craic.
@Mac would that be accurate?
El Guerroj has the record. Think he was an alleged EPO cheat though.
Cram was very good (Olympic silver at 1,500 metres and world record holder) but his peak was short.
I remember Martin winning the London Marathon in 1993, he sprinted for the line on Westminster Bridge.
The Brits had a lot of quality middle distance runners in the 80s, Coe, Ovett, Cram, Peter Elliott, Tom McKean. They had Yvonne Murray and Liz McColgan in the women’s.
El Guerrouj and Nourredine Morceli to me fall into the Sean Kelly/Stephen Roche category - they were almost certainly juiced but they were a cut above anyway.
The Spanish guy who won the 1500 in Barcelona out of nowhere and then won silver in Atlanta out of nowhere - Cacho - I’d say he’s as good a demonstration of the benefits of juicing as anybody.
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1985 was Steve Cram’s big year. He broke the 1,500, mile and 2,000 metres world records in the space of three weeks and both himself and Said Aouita in second were the first two to dip under 3.30 for the 1,500 in a memorable dual in Nice. Cram also went sub 1.43 for the 800 in 1985.
He made the 1,500 metres final in Moscow in 1980 as a 19 year old.
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There was a nutter for the Brits at 800m as well. blonde curly hair, had a crazy finish. Might have been Scottish.
Said Aouita was surely the most gifted middle distance runner of that generation, or any generation? Could run 800, 1500, 5000.
He was a superstar when I was becoming aware of the sport.
Only got one Olympic gold medal which was a poor return for somebody of his talent.
That’d be McKean?
There was either an Olympic or World Champioship in early 90s I think we’re a pair of Moroccans ran as a team to mug off some other guy in 10,000m
RTE commentator Tony O Donoghue (not him) was going nuts on commentary
There was talk in the lead up to the Seoul Olympics of Aouita targeting an 800, 1,500 and 5,000 treble. He picked up a hamstring injury shortly before the Olympics which put the kibosh on that. He just ended up with a bronze in the 800.
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