World Indoor 2023

[18.99s]

Not even close

https://twitter.com/i/status/1629597781101801472

3 views - great finish with RL.

Wow, that's like a 6.30 jump!

[Atticus]

Not even close

https://twitter.com/i/status/1629597781101801472

3 views - great finish with RL.

[gm]

Ho hum, another WR with the bendy carbon fiber thingy... 6.22 this time for Duplantis, on his final attempt

[gm]

Duplantis attempting 6.22 in France right now (All Star Perche meet)

Kurtis Marschall had a PB 5.91 clearance

[El Toro]

So when would he be deemed WA-eligible for Italia?

Dunno because there are no longer the clear cut "just sit out for 3 years" and you're good to go.

Now there's a review board with a lot of song and dance rules that still somehow seem to approve a lot transfers in each 6 months, including from CUB. I didn't see any refusals in a non-exhaustive look at recent published decisions but there were some conditional approvals.

Anyway, here's some background on our man.

His last National Representative Competition (I think that's the term) was 27 September 2019 at the Doha WC.

He continued to compete in Cuba until June 2021 before competing in Norway and then DNS at OG. Last year was all ITA and other Euro countries. Presumably he has been ex-CUB since July 2021 and resident in ITA and now citizen.

I couldn't see that he had already been given approval, conditional on gaining citizenship, so probably he will get that approval and a date next time they meet.

[Atticus]

Andy Diaz Hernandez officially switched to Italy. He got citizenship by a government's special decree today

So when would he be deemed WA-eligible for Italia?

[ItalianFan]

Diaz Hernandez and Martinezs also jumping.
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Andy Diaz Hernandez officially switched to Italy. He got citizenship by a government's special decree today

[Conor Dary]

Meanwhile....interesting trivia.

Did you know, Keely Hodgkinson was born on the same day - March 3, 2002 – that Jolanda Ceplak set the world indoor 800m record of 1:55.82.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AthleticsWeekly/status/1629080165367021568

[Revenant]

To add to France's misery, it seems GBR are not sending any of their top women in the 4x4.
This should be a NED walkover now with POL 2nd and CZE or ITA 3rd.
IRL and GBR will be battling for last place.

[ZazaShoya]

Last spot between France and Italy was decided by random draw.
"Funny" to see that half of the teams were sorted thanks to individual SBs when said SBs cannot afford athletes an individual spot in the championships. Two French girls were easily qualified with the old time system, but not with the rankings. Double pill to swallow for them ...

Using the ranking for indoor qualification purpose is a nonsense. At least on the track. Some athletes with more than decent SBs (around 10/12th even) are denied the right to compete because they are not ranked. Could be because they had a season off in 2022 (choice or mostly injuries), because they've leveled up during the winter, or (maybe the worst) because they have to compete in another race indoors (400h -> 400 or 3000st -> 3000 which is part of the ... 5000 ranking).

[Ernst Klaas]

Strange that Swiety won't run, especially when towards the end of her career.
Do we know which teams will run? Just 4/10ths of a second separate the next best European teams on individual SBs, with the Czechs actually the fastest ahead of POL, with FRA & ITA having the exact same time & BEL next.

According to https://www.european-athletics.com/c...4610&country=0
it should be Netherlands, Poland, GBR, Ireland, Czech, Italy

( No Belgium, no Germany.... )

[Revenant]

Justyna Święty apparently isn't planning on going to Istanbul, either, although the national federation is still trying to persuade her to do the relay. With her and Kaczmarek out, the Poles are definitely out of it as far as the fight for gold is concerned. Possibly still a bronze behind NED and GBR. The final lineup will be announced on Wednesday.

Strange that Swiety won't run, especially when towards the end of her career.
Do we know which teams will run? Just 4/10ths of a second separate the next best European teams on individual SBs, with the Czechs actually the fastest ahead of POL, with FRA & ITA having the exact same time & BEL next.

[Ernst Klaas]

I think we need to split off a Dutch indoors 2023 thread

Dutch indoor? Only the women's 400m. :-) Reading this thread one would think that was only event on the Dutch indoor. :-)))
But I have the feeling Revenant and I said most we wanted to say. As soon as there is a topic Istanbul/EIC we might comment further on the 4x400 team.... :-)

[proofs in the pudd'in]

This must be the race of the weekend, possibly/probably of the whole indoor season ... The Men's 800m final at the Spanish Indoor Championships in Madrid.

It was loaded with four sub-1:45 men - Mariano Garcia (world indoor champ), Adrian Ben (OG 5th), Saul Ordonez (NR outdoors) & Javier Miron plus, it transpires, a big new talent, Elvis Josue Canales (in the orange top).

It was also fast and furious and the last lap was amazing!

Watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biLbZkAEeOM

It was a really good national championships, especially on the Men's side, with indoor NRs in the 400 for Oscar Husillos, 45.58, Jordan Diaz, 17.59 in the TJ, and Enrique Llopis equalling Orlando Ortega's NR in the 60H with 7.48.

Edit: Just seen that gm beat me to the NRs.

That 800 was a great race, he acted like he won the OG gold medal - ha!

[Powell]

Justyna Święty apparently isn't planning on going to Istanbul, either, although the national federation is still trying to persuade her to do the relay. With her and Kaczmarek out, the Poles are definitely out of it as far as the fight for gold is concerned. Possibly still a bronze behind NED and GBR. The final lineup will be announced on Wednesday.