Track & Field 2023
It's the year before the '24 Paris Olympics and action is hotting up in the run up to the Worlds in Budapest next month.
Who's up? Who's down?
Who's HOT? Who's not?
Post here.
To start things off, French decathlon gold medallist from Oregon's Instagram is non-stop bulgerific thirst traps.
Keep it up, Kev!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 54 | November 20, 2023 2:48 PM
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OP here. That would be Kevin Mayer!
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 19, 2023 5:43 PM
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I confess that I'd like to bend Thibaut Colllet's pole...
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 3 | July 20, 2023 9:07 AM
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Bump for the World Athletics Championships starting today in Budapest.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 4 | August 19, 2023 10:20 AM
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Good call, OP. Nice in slow motion running also.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 5 | August 19, 2023 10:51 AM
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R5 The Decathletes all seem to have a God-like build. This is Estonia's Janek Oiglane.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 6 | August 19, 2023 11:05 AM
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Thick shot putters, please.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 19, 2023 11:49 AM
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R7 Italy's Zane Weir. Possibly you want thicc-er?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 8 | August 19, 2023 2:45 PM
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Just googled who is LGBT at the Worlds in Budapest. I had no idea world record holder in the triple jump Yulimar Rojas is out & proud. Nikki Hiltz (they/them) beat Athing Mu to win the US Champs in the 1500m this year. Both of them are so amazing and fun to watch.
And champion wig-tosser/tattoo aficionado/airplane flight delayer DL fave Sha’Carri Richardson is bisexual!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 9 | August 19, 2023 9:36 PM
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Drama-filled end to the first day of the championships. 2 Dutch female athletes falling yards from the finishing line in the lead, in 2 separate finals.
Here's Femke Bol going down in the 4X400 relay as she dipped too early for the line with USA coming up on her shoulder. She got up and carried on, was pipped on the line by GB for second, but was disqualified anyway for dropping the baton.
Utter carnage!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 10 | August 20, 2023 7:05 AM
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This -- along with swimming -- is a sport I'd like to follow more regularly than the four years I see it on the Olympics, but dunno where I'd even begin.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 20, 2023 7:11 AM
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R11 I did track and field as a teen in the 80s - long and triple jump - so I'm steeped in it.
Just start watching it, and you'll pick it up. I think NBC Sports televise the Diamond League (the annual elite international series) in the US. You'll pick up who the stars are going in to the major championships.
The great thing about track and field is its simplicity and purity - it's whoever runs fastest, throws furthest, jumps longest or highest. Very few hard to pick up rules or jargon.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 20, 2023 8:42 AM
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The way the Dutch woman fell before the finish line yesterday was quite upsetting. Watching her face hit the track in slow motion. OUCH. But on the plus side she threw her baton across the line.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 20, 2023 8:53 AM
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R13 - The baton had fallen out her hand before she crossed the line, so the team were disqualified. Not even a bronze. Heartbreaking.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 20, 2023 8:57 AM
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Showman, Noah Lyles, wins the Battle Of The Bulge - 100 metre World Champion.
Sets him us to do the double in the 200.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 15 | August 20, 2023 5:33 PM
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I'm not ashamed to admit I was Diana Screaming when Sifan Hassan and Femke Bol dropped on the track!
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 20, 2023 6:00 PM
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R15 The same trio could take the 200 too. Lyles is #1 in the world, Tebogo #2 and Hughes #4.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 20, 2023 6:33 PM
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Handsome Hugues Fabrice Zango wins Burkina Faso's first ever gold medal in the Triple Jump.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 18 | August 21, 2023 7:30 PM
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R18 He also recently graduated with a PhD in Electrical Engineering.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 21, 2023 9:33 PM
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Gianmarco Tamberi in a dollface moment with his mama after winning gold in the high jump.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 20 | August 22, 2023 8:29 PM
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One of my big crushes, Thibaut Collet, celebrates making the Pole Vault final earlier this morning
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 21 | August 23, 2023 12:36 PM
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Duh, I meant Josh >>> Jakob
Jake was last year
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 23, 2023 7:32 PM
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R22 That was AWESOME. That's 2 Edinburgh AC athletes that have beaten Jakob in a WC Final. Too funny!
Serves Jakob right for showboating in the semi final.
Maybe now he will finally learn to respect his rivals. I was whooping when Josh took him coming into the final 100.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 24 | August 23, 2023 7:52 PM
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The BBC highlights show repeated the race and had Steve Cram commentating and as soon as he said Kerr should copy Wightman and take on Ingebrigtsen Kerr did just that! Wightman was in the studio with Michael Johnson, Jessica Ennis and Denise Lewis, all cheering him on.
Maybe it's an age thing but Ingebrigtsen is so unlikeable.
Also why are the athletes being given the medals as soon as they finish the race? Is that new?
by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 23, 2023 8:10 PM
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R25 the medals they get after the races are fake. They're doing the official ceremonies the following day at a 'Medals Plaza' outside the stadium.
And yeah, Ingebristen is unlikeable. A showboater, with no respect for his rivals. So pleased it's bitten him on ass twice.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 23, 2023 8:23 PM
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Thank you R26
The BBC interviewed Karsten and he was so friendly and warm and articulate and has such lovely hair and eyes and skin. He knows he is best in the world and can respect his rivals.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 23, 2023 8:34 PM
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For those of us who appreciate more meat on the plate, Joe Kovaks, #2 ranked shot putter.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 28 | August 23, 2023 8:50 PM
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Finishing line proposal between 2 Slovak athletes at the end of this morning's 35K Walk.
He's hit and she said yes!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 29 | August 24, 2023 9:56 AM
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R27 Karsten >>>> Jakob. Always has been.
I think Jakob will have to watch out Nordås. He’s young and from what I’ve seen, possibly more talented than Inge.
These WCs have been great. Everyday has been dramatic and I can’t wait to see what unfolds today.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | August 24, 2023 1:12 PM
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R30 I totally agree. There's been great contests, some big surprises, and lots of exceptional performances every single day of these Championships. I think the men's 400 tonight could be epic. At least 5 men in with a realistic shot at gold. I'd love to see Matthew Hudson Smith take it, after years of injuries and mental health challenges.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | August 24, 2023 4:03 PM
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Tentoglou takes the gold in the final round by just 2cm in the Long Jump. Yet another nail-biter!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 32 | August 24, 2023 7:10 PM
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R31 Matthew Hudson Smith was so close, but paid for going out so hard in that last 50. He still got silver and took down that long-standing EU record in the semis - a great meet for him overall.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | August 24, 2023 8:30 PM
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With Kevin Mayer pulling out due to an on-going achilles issue, Leo Neugebauer is serving the hotness in the Decathlon.
The German is leading at the end of the first day.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 35 | August 25, 2023 7:27 PM
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^German but attending UT.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 25, 2023 9:56 PM
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Maicel Uibo adds to the enjoyment of watching the decathlon
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 37 | August 26, 2023 5:59 AM
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The Decathlon brotherhood is always very touching
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 38 | August 26, 2023 8:07 AM
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2 personal bests but no medal for my boo, Thibaut Collet in the Pole Vault final.
Meanwhile, Duplantis narrowly missed breaking his world record on his way to gold.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 39 | August 27, 2023 6:36 AM
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Spain’s 800 meter runner Adrian Ben.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 40 | August 27, 2023 9:20 AM
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Last night of a great Championships - hot spear-chuckers currently going at it.
Germany's Julian Weber - currently in the bronze position.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 41 | August 27, 2023 7:07 PM
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Disappointed for Keely Hodgkinson but between her, Athing Mu and Mary Moraa what a rivalry there's going to be over the next few years.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | August 27, 2023 7:36 PM
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BOLBOLBOL
So pleased for the Dutch after the mixed relay, even if Team GB were pushed into bronze.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | August 27, 2023 7:57 PM
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Rio Mitcham charging down the home straight, holding off the Jamaican World Champion was quite something!
So pleased they were able to medal even without Matt Hudson Smith.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 44 | August 27, 2023 8:00 PM
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Some of these gals are almost modelesque in face and body
by Anonymous | reply 46 | August 28, 2023 3:11 AM
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Athing Mu looked so sad before the start of the 800m final- like she didn’t want to be there. Whatever’s going on, I hope she can overcome it and let it go, even if it means leaving sports.
This was a fantastic World championships! I wish someone could figure out a way to make it more popular in the USA.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | August 28, 2023 3:43 AM
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I'm interested to see what Sifan Hassan does going forward and if she keeps doing 3 events given it could be costing her winning a gold.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | August 28, 2023 8:19 AM
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R48 She’ll be running in the Chicago Marathon in 6 weeks! With Sifan, obviously winning is great, but she seems to get such a thrill by the challenge of it all. She won the London Marathon earlier this year and was still able to medal in the 1500 and 5000 and almost medal in the 10k - who does this?! As a T&F fan, it is incredible and fun to watch.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | August 28, 2023 1:12 PM
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An excellent World Championships. I feel spoiled knowing next year will be the 4th global championship in a row!
It should be even more exciting with even more favorites back to compete.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | August 28, 2023 1:15 PM
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R49 Yes I enjoy watching her, but as she's getting older you have to wonder if she can do multiple events in a day and take golds against such strong opposition.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | August 28, 2023 10:49 PM
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The French qualifier, who took out, Musetti, Titouan Droguet showing off an impressive bulge as he celebrates the win.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 52 | August 29, 2023 6:15 AM
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R51 I think next year is probably her last year of being able to stretch herself like this. Then maybe to the marathon exclusively.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 29, 2023 8:51 AM
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End of year, Kevin Mayer thread bump
...or do I mean bulge?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 54 | November 20, 2023 2:48 PM
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