Stockholm DL [now underway]

[ATK]

If you look at the runner in the lane closest to the stands you will see that he had to start from his left lane line because in the 110m race the stands are so close in this very old, Olympic stadium that they probably cannot get the 8th lane (and barely get the 7th).

Thanks. I ask because I do notice in many meets the runner in the outer most lane for the 110 has that issue where the stands are so close. But I never remember that being for lane 7. I always remember at least 8 runners, even with the "cut off" outside lane.

[spammer]

This is a 100 year old stadium though I think. They want to preserve it

[Standish]

Trains with MVP (same camp as SAFP and ET). Runs the 200 as well. Her main problem is that she is injury prone which has caused her to not improve at the rate we would expect.

She didn't have a stellar Junior or Youth career but was a notable mention in JA Jr track and field mostly.

Thanks for that, t_monk. Do you have a good resource for Jamaican junior track (recent) history? Does Champs have a decent database or is it more institutional memory?

Her past two 100m runs have looked promising. The injury prone item is a good heads up.

[tm71]

Update on Dendy (see Home Page):

... he tweeted
<<Marquis Dendy @CheckTheSky 2h2 hours ago Stockholm, Sweden
I am ok just had a little tightness going on in my groin didn't wanna risk it Gonna head home and recover and be ready or Worlds >>

Certainly good news. If he is healthy he would be my pick for bronze behind Henderson and Rutherford.

[Alan Shank]

Did anybody else notice the gross foul by Giordano Benedetti at the end of the M 800 in this meet? In the stretch, he was on the outside and gaining. With about 50m to go, he took the inside, but realized he had nowhere to go, so he moved outside; still blocked, he just smashed into another runner, knocking him to the ground. I think it was either Kalle Berglund of Sweden or Thomas Roth of Norway. Stuart Storey noticed the bad fall, but did not pick up on the cause. Well, he only finished 6th after all, but a DQ was clearly in order if anyone cared.

It never ceases to amaze me how these runners take the inside when there is nowhere to go. Notice, OTOH, how Amel Tuka went outside in Monaco, giving himself room to pass and win the race.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

[booond]

I think of it as a confidence. It is easy to ride the rail. If everything goes your way in the final 200 it looks smart but a confident runner puts themselves in position to win.

[etuoyo]

Did anybody else notice the gross foul by Giordano Benedetti at the end of the M 800 in this meet? In the stretch, he was on the outside and gaining. With about 50m to go, he took the inside, but realized he had nowhere to go, so he moved outside; still blocked, he just smashed into another runner, knocking him to the ground. I think it was either Kalle Berglund of Sweden or Thomas Roth of Norway. Stuart Storey noticed the bad fall, but did not pick up on the cause. Well, he only finished 6th after all, but a DQ was clearly in order if anyone cared.

It never ceases to amaze me how these runners take the inside when there is nowhere to go. Notice, OTOH, how Amel Tuka went outside in Monaco, giving himself room to pass and win the race.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

Noticed that. And the unfortunate athlete he ran into fell less than a metre from the finish line. Thought to myself he should have just rolled on the track across the line and would have finished a few places up.

[26mi235]

I too thought it was a DQ offense and wonder if the officials were blocked by the tight grouping of the runners.