2021 World Results

[ceil]

Yiannis Kouros is a serious legend, akin to El Guerrouj and Bekele in his preferred events. This is an impressive record.

[proofs in the pudd'in]

Meanwhile....this is impressive....

Aleksandr Sorokin Runs New 24-Hour World Record

Lithuanian Aleksandr Sorokin has done it again, this time setting a new 24-hour world record by running 309.400 kilometers (192.252 miles) at the 2021 UltraPark Weekend 24 Hour race in Poland on August 28 and 29, 2021. The distance is still to be confirmed. Incredibly, to achieve this record, he ran an average pace of 4:39 minutes per kilometer (7:29 minutes per mile) for 24 hours.

This represents an improvement of almost six kilometers on what was previously thought to be almost-unbreakable 24-hour records set by Greek ultrarunning legend Yiannis Kouros of 303.506 kilometers (188.590 miles) on the track in 1997 and 290.221 kilometers (180.335 miles) on the road in 1998.


https://www.irunfar.com/aleksandr-so...r-world-record

That's over 7 marathons! Wow I wish this was on OG sport. Makes me curious as to how the east Africans would do? I'm sure they would be right there as well.

[AS]

Rovereto meeting in on Tuesday. You can find entry lists here: http://www.fidal.it/risultati/2021/COD8807/Index.htm
At the same link you will find the live results on the day.

Names announced include: Gianmarco Tamberi, Darryl Sullivan, Shelby McEwen, Donald Thomas, Michael Cherry, Isaac Makwala, Ronald Levy, Kelsey Lee-Barber, Barbora Spotakova, Christin Hussong, Maggie Malone, Stephenie-Ann McPherson, Quanera Hayes, Cornelius Tuwei, Oliver Dustin, Collins Kipruto, Liadagmis Povea, Ruswahl Samaai, Julian Forte, Marvin Bracy, Natasha Morrison

If you manage to find a not-geoblocked link, it will be aired on Rai Sport tv channel from 8.20 pm local time.

And alongside those numerous folks who didn't make Olympic finals, didn't finish top 6 in Olymics, and didn't come second in their last two DL starts is Linden Hall, stepping down to the 800m. She ran a big PR of 1:59.22 over the distance (her first sub-2) back in March. She takes on compatriate and national record holder Triona Bisset here, and it wouldn't surprise me to see Hall go mid 1.58

[Conor Dary]

Meanwhile....this is impressive....

Aleksandr Sorokin Runs New 24-Hour World Record

Lithuanian Aleksandr Sorokin has done it again, this time setting a new 24-hour world record by running 309.400 kilometers (192.252 miles) at the 2021 UltraPark Weekend 24 Hour race in Poland on August 28 and 29, 2021. The distance is still to be confirmed. Incredibly, to achieve this record, he ran an average pace of 4:39 minutes per kilometer (7:29 minutes per mile) for 24 hours.

This represents an improvement of almost six kilometers on what was previously thought to be almost-unbreakable 24-hour records set by Greek ultrarunning legend Yiannis Kouros of 303.506 kilometers (188.590 miles) on the track in 1997 and 290.221 kilometers (180.335 miles) on the road in 1998.

https://www.irunfar.com/aleksandr-sorokin-24-hour-world-record

[ItalianFan]

Which is why I had already started a thread on it an hour prior.

Ops, sorry, I didn't realise it.

[Atticus]

Rovereto meeting in on Tuesday.

Which is why I had already started a thread on it an hour prior.

[ItalianFan]

Rovereto meeting in on Tuesday. You can find entry lists here: http://www.fidal.it/risultati/2021/COD8807/Index.htm
At the same link you will find the live results on the day.

Names announced include: Gianmarco Tamberi, Darryl Sullivan, Shelby McEwen, Donald Thomas, Michael Cherry, Isaac Makwala, Ronald Levy, Kelsey Lee-Barber, Barbora Spotakova, Christin Hussong, Maggie Malone, Stephenie-Ann McPherson, Quanera Hayes, Cornelius Tuwei, Oliver Dustin, Collins Kipruto, Liadagmis Povea, Ruswahl Samaai, Julian Forte, Marvin Bracy, Natasha Morrison

If you manage to find a not-geoblocked link, it will be aired on Rai Sport tv channel from 8.20 pm local time.

[Conor Dary]

Insane. The men's marathon WR was 2:08:33 in '76, IIRC. The mind boggles.

Of course there were far fewer half marathons in those days than marathons. But still.

A better comparison is the 10 mile track WR, still slower than the 48:12.0 by Emil Zátopek in 1951 enroute to the 20k record of 59:51.8.

[Steele]

Wow....that would have been the men’s WR as late as 1976.

48:39 last 10 miles. Only 3 minutes behind the men's winner.

Insane. The men's marathon WR was 2:08:33 in '76, IIRC. The mind boggles.

[Conor Dary]

World Record in Northern Ireland!

At the Antrim Coast Half Marathon Yalemzerf Yehualaw ran 63:43 to demolish Ruth Chepngetich's 64:02 from Istanbul in April.

https://worldathletics.org/competiti...arathon-record

Wow....that would have been the men’s WR as late as 1976.

48:39 last 10 miles. Only 3 minutes behind the men's winner.

[18.99s]

Something interesting but not quite exciting T&F wise. I noticed the young lady Dr. Anasztazia Nguyen in the Hungary meet. She has a PB in the LJ of 6.77. Moves her to #4 for Hungary and would give her the Vietnamese NR (even though she is Hungarian). Curious if anyone knows her back story? I know many Vietnamese immigrated for work to Eastern European nations and stayed after the fall of communism. Culturally, I think they put a high value on education and not sports so she seems to be unique in this manner esp.given there are many of them throughout the world but we don't see them represented. I'm not sure if she is mixed or just married to an ethnic Hungarian nor what her degree might be or how she got involved in athletics. Anyone have any insights?

Vietnamese father and Hungarian mother, according to Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaszt%C3%A1zia_Nguyen

[LuckySpikes]

World Record in Northern Ireland!

At the Antrim Coast Half Marathon Yalemzerf Yehualaw ran 63:43 to demolish Ruth Chepngetich's 64:02 from Istanbul in April.

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/yehualaw-larne-world-half-marathon-record

[xw]

What is a "DL-protocol demotion"?

Should have won/placed higher based on best jump in a series, but didn't perform well in the last try that determines 1-2-3 per DL-protocol and lost/placed lower.

[Davidokun]

I don't have the inclination to research it, but it's my gut feeling that nobody has had as many DL-protocol demotions over last 2 years as she has.

What is a "DL-protocol demotion"?

[gh]

Sagnia is great, she just needs to get it right in the champs more often. But so much talent

I don't have the inclination to research it, but it's my gut feeling that nobody has had as many DL-protocol demotions over last 2 years as she has.