Official Athletics Thread

[flibbertyjibber]

Fantastic. Well done Jess.

Now come on you jumpers and Mo, make this our best day in Olympics that we will ever see.

 

[Jacknife]

Oh yes brought it home like a boss, WAG, proper proper star and hot as hell.

 

[GIMH]

That was just out of this world from Ennis. And another great jump from Rutherford!!

 

[Jacknife]

Then Greg jumps huge in the LJ over 8.30m.

 

[grecian]

get in

 

[Jacknife]

Ennis time.

 

[Johnners]

Crazy to think these guys are still more than half a meter away from the world record.

 

[Cevno]

Scharskopff DQ'd ?

 

[Jacknife]

Crazy to think these guys are still more than half a meter away from the world record.

and it's over 40 years old, mad.

 

[grecian]

The Aussie is out of it, wasn't he one of their big hopes?

 

[GIMH]

and it's over 40 years old, mad.

20 years the WR, it's the Olympic Record that's ancient

 

[Cevno]

Their are relatively quite a few old WR's in Athletics.

 

[Jacknife]

20 years the WR, it's the Olympic Record that's ancient

D'oh oh yes didn't read World, thought he was talking about Bob Beaman's 8.90m OR.

 

[BoyBrumby]

20 years the WR, it's the Olympic Record that's ancient

Yeah, Mike Powell finally beat Bemon's leap in 91, IIRC.

Being an old **** that sounds quite recent to me, but is obvz over 20 years ago itself.

 

[GIMH]

Their are relatively quite a few old WR's in Athletics.

A few of the women's ones that have stood a whole are, erm, suspicious

 

[Jacknife]

Go on Greg, another awesome performance really pulled it out of the hat.

 

[grecian]

Well done, OL chap, quite a decent day this

 

[GIMH]

What a night!!!

 

[Jacknife]

A few of the women's ones that have stood a whole are, erm, suspicious

Yep Flo Jo's are certainly dodgy.

 

[BoyBrumby]

A few of the women's ones that have stood a whole are, erm, suspicious

No one's ever got close to Flo-Jo's (RIP) records, bizarrely enough.

Think Marita Koch (fnarr) still holds the 400m record too. Those wacky East Germans, eh?