The Official Athletics Thread

[Ephren Taylor]

7pm 2nite on BBC3 right?

[Ephren Taylor]

Chambers always finds the strength to pull out a performance when it matters

 

Hope James Dasaolu can do the same and pull something out of the bag

[Ephren Taylor]

Glad James Desoalu got the final 100m spot for the europeans

 

Hope he can get back to form

 

Looking forward to the Commonwealth Games, tis a shame he didnt make that

[Incumbent]

Looking forward to the Commonwealth Games

[Ephren Taylor]

Should definitely be contenders. We always look solid in the Relay as long as we get the baton around

 

We neeeeeeeed a sprint medal.... Can't believe we haven't had one since 2003

 

Harry AA needs to trim down and tun up

Gemili is dying to break the 10 sec barrier at a major tounament

CJ's time will come...

 

I expect NOTHING from our female sprinters

 

Away from sprinting...Johnson-Thompson is nice to look at, and she'll do well

[Ephren Taylor]

Jo Pavey's race last night was epic. Not bad for a 40 yr old who's had a baby in the last year

 

Also.... Seeing that Russian high jumper slip

 

 

Looking forward to some of the action from Zurich today

 

100m semis & finals for Men & Women. Dwain Chambers, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and James Dasaolu look up for it..

 

Man like Mo in the 10 000m

 

Women's 100m hurdles final... France vs Team GB... 

[Posted March 26, 2015]

 

Nike gives controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin sponsorship deal

 

Controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin has been given a new sponsorship deal by US sportswear giant Nike.

The 33-year-old American dominated the 100m and 200m in 2014, and is some experts' favourite   to win a golden double at August's World Championships.

But Gatlin is a divisive figure, having served two doping bans, including a four-year suspension between 2006-2010.

Ex-Team GB star Jason Gardener said: "Nothing surprises me but this another bad message being sent by our sport."

 

The former world indoor and Olympic 4x100m champion added that there was mounting evidence that "systematic dopers" gained long-term residual benefits from their cheating, so repeat offenders needed much harsher punishments.

 

Top 100m times in 2014

1. Justin Gatlin - 9.77 - Brussels (5 September)

2. Justin Gatlin - 9.80 - Lausanne (3 July)

3. Justin Gatlin - 9.82 - Port of Spain (21 June)

4. Richard Thompson - 9.82 - Linz (14 July)

5. Justin Gatlin - 9.83 - Rieti (7 September)

 

 

Marlon Devonish agreed with his teammate from that 2004 Olympic relay quartet, saying news of Gatlin's contract will be a "kick in the teeth to the 99% of guys who are clean" but that this was a matter for the rule-makers to deal with.

"No, it doesn't sit well with me," said Devonish, who won four world relay medals between 1999 and 2009.

"But Gatlin has served his ban according to the rules: if people don't like that, change the rules."

 

Gatlin was sponsored by Nike prior to his second ban but has been wearing Chinese firm Xtep's kit since 2012.

His US teammate Tyson Gay, who has also recently returned from adrugs ban, will also be wearing Nike clothes and spikes this season, although the company denies this is a result of a formal tie-in.

 

Paula Radcliffe reacted to the news on Twitter

 

The Oregon-based company said Gay, who was dropped by Adidas when he tested for abanned substance in 2013, is getting its equipment because he has started working with the Nike-sponsored coach John Smith in Los Angeles.

The 32-year-old Gay claimed a hat-trick of sprint medals at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, and is still the joint second-fastest man over 100m with a personal best of 9.69 seconds, but he has struggled to win individual honours during the Usain Bolt era.

Gatlin, however, has emerged as the greatest threat to Bolt's ambitions of winning a third consecutive clean sweep of the Olympic sprint medals - 100m, 200m and 4x100m - at Rio 2016.

 

Bolt's predecessor as Olympic 100m champion in 2004, Gatlin was unbeaten over both sprint distances last year, setting six of the seven fastest times for 100m and smashing his personal best for 200m.

The fact that he did all of this aged 32, when most sprinters are slowing down, and he was beating or matching times he set when he was proven to be cheating, has provoked widespread disquiet, bordering on disgust, on the international athletics circuit.

 

This flared up when the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) proposed him for its Athlete of the Year award. German discus champion Robert Harting asked to be withdrawn from consideration in protest, while IAAF presidential candidate Lord Coe told the BBC he had "big problems" with Gatlin's nomination.

The Florida-based athlete, who was also booed by the crowd at London 2012, ultimately did not make the final shortlist,despite his undeniably impressive results.

 

Given this reaction, Nike is taking a risk in associating itself with Gatlin, who has never admitted to cheating, although it could be argued that all publicity is good publicity.

And with Nike locked in a fierce battle with Adidas, Puma and other challengers in the global sportswear market, the chance to sign a home-grown potential Olympic champion was clearly too good to pass up.

 

[Afroman]

Paula Radcliffe can eat a d*ck.

One of the few athletes who stole a living

[Thizz]

Elaborate.

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Elaborate.

[Posted March 26, 2015]

Afroman talks pure shit constantly doesnt he. Stole a living you know.

[Afroman]

She is dusty

Virtually every time I watched her perform whe it matters she broke down.

4+ Olympic appearance no Gold, silver or bronze

One gold and silver world championship medal , last one

05.

Always went missing in major comps.

but hey what I do now. It's uk after all . You live calm for being mediocre.

[Posted March 26, 2015]

Holding the marathon world record is mediocre ye?

Of the seven marathons Radcliffe has run so far, she has won six and set a record in five. She has run four out of the five fastest times in history in the women's marathon.

/afroman

[Afroman]

Holding the marathon world record is mediocre ye?

Of the seven marathons Radcliffe has run so far, she has won six and set a record in five. She has run four out of the five fastest times in history in the women's marathon.

/afroman

how many Olympic medals does she have to her name ?

[Posted March 26, 2015]

None but that doesnt matter, didnt run in the marathon until 2004 where she was injured going in, same as 2008 where she had just come back from a broken leg ffs (and she still managed to finish the race)

[Posted June 1, 2015]

Adam Gemili's sub 10 seconds 100m spoiled by wind assistance

Adam Gemili ran 100m in under 10 seconds but failed to make the record books because of windy conditions.

 

The British 21-year-old clocked 9.97 seconds at the Bedford International Games but the 3.7 metres-per-second following wind made the record invalid.

He did claim the fastest legal run of Sunday's meeting with 10.12 including the wind assistance in an earlier heat.

Gemili is now the only British sprinter to run a sub 10 second 100m and sub 20 second 200m.

 

Gemili spoke about his sub 10 second run on Twitter on Sunday

 

Only five Britons have finished under the 10-second mark without wind assistance: Linford Christie (9.87), James Dasaolu (9.91) Chijindu Ujah (9.96), Dwain Chambers (9.97) and Jason Gardener (9.98).

And only John Regis (19.87) and Gemili have broken 20 seconds for 200m with or without wind assistance.

Gemili earned his 200m record when he won gold with a time of 19.98 at the European Championships in Zurich last year.

The Commonwealth silver medallist is now set to compete in the Birmingham Grand Prix on Sunday, 7 June.

[Da Luv Doc]

Thought I'd create this dedicated to athletics, be it we're at the start of the season.

 

Justin Gatlin done a 100m in 9.75secs....... he back on the juice?

 

Guy's been done twice before, wouldn't surprise me tbh. 

[Posted June 5, 2015]

Let them all juice safely then athletics might become interesting again

Theres this event every 4 years where every athlete is on peds not just athletes but sports men and women in almost every sport from almost every nation

The next one is in rio 2016, its called the olympics iirc

[Wavant]

UK athletes hate this guy pmsl.

[Posted July 24, 2015]

Calm for bolt. 9.87 into a headwind

Final at 9.29 on bbc2