Athletics Thread

What did Fay do?

Is the turnout not pretty poor for a major championships? Especially on 100ms final night with 2 Italians as favourites?

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The favourites for Olympic gold have largely skipped this

Fuckin split season !!

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Ticket prices very expensive apparently

He was sitting about 4th last from half way in a field of about 25. Dropped when the pace picked up and then flew the last 300 making up 6 places. Finished 14th.

He was running Diamond League last weekend where he was lucky not to get lapped. Very odd prep. And he runs the 10,000m in a few days too. Presume he’s just trying to chase a Paris time or something

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https://twitter.com/rtesport/status/1799542415369343282?s=46

Incredible honesty.

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Grand bit of casual sexism there from Rob

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To go with the racism

That’s a hard watch. It’s the purest of
emotions - just raw devastation. Gillick has been there and handled that very well.

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He’s very impressive in that role.

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He is. He’s walked in their shoes and he’s in their corner so they trust him as well.

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https://twitter.com/irishathletics/status/1799557075900473382?s=46&t=K27wQ5SlUD1o1nD3wyFPgA

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Some gorgeous drone shots of Rome during this half marathon coverage.

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Norway’s Grovdal recovers from being out kicked in 5000m on Friday evening to win women’s half marathon this morning.

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1799543105491771551?s=46&t=K27wQ5SlUD1o1nD3wyFPgA

Brisbane 2032

That’s just so hard to watch. The poor lass

Maybe if rte actually showed the race rather than some two bit rubby match it would be more inspiring.

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