Raelene Boyle calls for IOC to right the wrongs of the GDR past

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Seems like a few people may need educating about which countries are actually in the Commonwealth..

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To be fair, she's only run four since 2017

Domestic (and VICTORIAN) 800s could be interesting over next season or two though:

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Oboye moving to Melbourne and moving up to the 800...

https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...e-mentoring-tr...

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Well, it's sad for Australian athletics.

And she certainly had a chance of another Commonwealth Gold next year, even if not quite at her...

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Sadly, former World Youth, World Junior, Commonwealth & World Champion Dani (Samuels) Stevens has called time on her discus career:

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"Magic Shoes" indeed....

Thanks for sharing.

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The Commonwealth Games Foundation of Australia has contributed $250k to athletics to support some targeted programs and training camps ahead of the 2022...

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Back in the late 90s I remember posting a thread on darkwing that showed how 100m women's champions from the 1920s and 30s could be considered as good...

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This thread really wasn't supposed to be another thread about 'everyone was on the juice back then'.

More about:

a) how the...

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Surely one of the benefits of hosting an event like the CG is that it can bring urban renewal to a city or part of it?...

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Yes, but there are DDR government records showing their athletes were taking PEDs during this time....

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The incoming FINA President has vowed to recognise swimmers of the 70s & 80s who were beaten by proven GDR cheats. As such, Raelene Boyle has (again)...

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PERTH - 17 OCT

MAR Stenson 2-25.13 (#4 AT)

First marathon for the 2018 CG bronze medallist since giving birth in 2019....

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Well, I guess she hasn't represented TUR internationally yet so is as eligible as Zhoya etc was for these junior squads.



Best...

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The Commonwealth Youth Games are a good match for smaller, poorer nations. Host nations to date include Isle of Man, Bahamas and Samoa with Trinidad...

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How many of the world's top netball or rugby 7's players, even swimmers, skip it? It's not just a track and field event.



Is...

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BRISBANE - 16 OCT - ALL SCHOOLS CHAMPS
100 U20 (0.3) Law 10.61
100 U18 (0.4) Wong 10.59 Clark 10.67

200 U20 (-0.9) Law 21.11...

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I guess I wasn't clear enough in my writing either. I was thinking that Moloney might be used only as a finals runner in the 4x400m (and possibly mixed...

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I wasn't suggesting Moloney would be running any relay at WC - just something for him to consider as a CG event....

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The Commonwealth Games might be 'one event too many' for some - particularly British athletes with an abundance of international matches and meets to...