Topic: General Athletics Thread

[sinnermichael]

Go on son.

[Armchair expert]

Wow! GB's Josh Kerr beats Morrissey lookalike Ingebrigtsen to win gold in the 1500m.

Heaven knows he’s miserable now

[Knight]

Haha get wrecked Norway.

[whtwht]

Jakob is amazing but was a bit cocky in the earlier rounds

[Libertine]

Jakob is amazing but was a bit cocky in the earlier rounds

Indeed. OK to act like that if you deliver. Looks like a bit of a twat now though.

Brilliant race, great run by Kerr.

[TheShanklyGates]

Jakob is amazing but was a bit cocky in the earlier rounds

Anyone wagging around a 'number 1' finger on the start line deserves to be beaten.

[John C]

Well done, superb stuff

[Hazell]

Heaven knows he’s miserable now

[Boaty McBoatface]

Jakob is amazing but was a bit cocky in the earlier rounds

I think he was trying to play mind games to cover up the fact that he wasn't running at his best.

[DonkeyWan]

*sigh* Poor Adeleke, 4th is the worst place.

[Libertine]

Kennedy and Moon competing for the pole vault title - appropriate for the day that's in it.

[Crosby Nick]

Gah, didn’t watch. Awesome stuff!

[Ray K]

*sigh* Poor Adeleke, 4th is the worst place.

Bloody sick of Irish athletes finishing 4th when they deserve a medal. Adeleke is still only 20 and has a decade of major championships to go though.

[MBL?]

Bloody sick of Irish athletes finishing 4th when they deserve a medal. Adeleke is still only 20 and has a decade of major championships to go though.

She's burned out after the college season. Her best this season would have comfortably got her silver. Her main competitor in that who has a faster time was nowhere in the heats. I'd expect those two to be very strong by the Olympics as I think both have gone pro.

[Ziltoid]

My 2 lads, Harry and Jack, are flying out to Budapest today as they have tickets for Saturday in the hope to see Harry's best mate Max Burgin reach the final.  They land around the time he'll be running in the semi final.

[Crosby Nick]

My 2 lads, Harry and Jack, are flying out to Budapest today as they have tickets for Saturday in the hope to see Harry's best mate Max Burgin reach the final.  They land around the time he'll be running in the semi final.

I remember you mentioning him a few years back. Saw him in the heats and thought it was the same guy. Does he have a medal chance?

[Ziltoid]

I remember you mentioning him a few years back. Saw him in the heats and thought it was the same guy. Does he have a medal chance?

Possibly, think it's wide open.  He's only run twice this year before the champs so he's basically running into form.  I do know that he will take it out from the front tonight and hopefully Saturday as that's the only way he knows.  We have a chance to get all 3 in the final, but the other 2 need to run tactically sound and not get boxed as they did in the heats.

[jambutty]

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38215697/soccer-retirement-david-thompson-karen-bardsley-nedum-onuoha-joe-thompson-john-okane

Very good article about one of our own and many more.

[Elzar]

Just seen that fella slip in the long jump. Surely that needs changing if they have put a plastic piece on the line that’s going to get wet and slippy easily.

[Boaty McBoatface]

Just seen that fella slip in the long jump. Surely that needs changing if they have put a plastic piece on the line that’s going to get wet and slippy easily.

Yeah, could have been really nasty that.

[Boaty McBoatface]

Did anyone else see the two buggies carrying the 200m athletes crash into each other? Mad.

[Elzar]

Full of it tonight

2 buggies carrying 200m sprinters crashed meaning a delay to one of the semi finals… and this happened too

https://x.com/bbcsport/status/1694772951923503451?s=46&t=jCPbk4G147VnXk0LjMfysg

[Boaty McBoatface]

Full of it tonight

2 buggies carrying 200m sprinters crashed meaning a delay to one of the semi finals… and this happened too

https://x.com/bbcsport/status/1694772951923503451?s=46&t=jCPbk4G147VnXk0LjMfysg

It's funny after the fact, but an athlete in cool down mode suddenly jumping up like that and pulling a hamstring wouldn't be so funny.

[TheShanklyGates]

My 2 lads, Harry and Jack, are flying out to Budapest today as they have tickets for Saturday in the hope to see Harry's best mate Max Burgin reach the final.  They land around the time he'll be running in the semi final.

Got it all wrong unfortunately.

[Boaty McBoatface]

Got it all wrong unfortunately.

Credit for attacking early, but he really suffered for it.

[Ziltoid]

Front runner, hes not had the races. Showed and he looked knackered

[Crosby Nick]

Front runner, hes not had the races. Showed and he looked knackered

Hope their flight was delayed. 

[RedG13]

That was an amazing 110 Meter women hurdle final

[Crosby Nick]

Silver for Hudson-Smith! Went out so hard and faded. Thought he might miss out on the medals altogether in the last few metres. Good effort.

[TheShanklyGates]

Arghhh, so close for Hudson-Smith.

Just went out a little bit too fast and had nothing left at the end.

[Ziltoid]

Great run, did his best there. Unlucky

[Ziltoid]

Hope their flight was delayed. 

They'll still be taking in Budapest. Hopefully with Max

[Crosby Nick]

They'll still be taking in Budapest. Hopefully with Max

Nice one. Still a great experience. We’re flights and tickets cheap?

[Knight]

Noooooo! So close for Hudson-Smith. He looks a bit gutted.

[Crosby Nick]

Bol smashed it there.

[Ziltoid]

Nice one. Still a great experience. We’re flights and tickets cheap?

Hes trying to sell the tickets. Told him to take Jack to a titty bar and then do some sightseeing.

[Ziltoid]

Bol smashed it there.

Glad she won it. She looked easy.

[momo22]

Arghhh, so close for Hudson-Smith.

Just went out a little bit too fast and had nothing left at the end.

He needed that semi-final run tonight, as it looked like he could've potentially dipped under 44 seconds then.

[Hazell]

Bol smashed it there.

She's too good. Her vs Mclaughlin-Levrone next year should be good, if she can get even better.

[Ziltoid]

Taken after the race in a Budapest bar.