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Mack. View member profile	1st January 2023, 04:48 PM Post #1
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	A thread to discuss all things athletics related such as events, debates and news and anything to with the world of athletics in 2023.


Mack. View member profile	1st January 2023, 04:50 PM Post #2
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Highlights 27 Jan Karlsruhe - Starts the Indoor Gold Tour - These will be on Viaplay, probably geo-blocked on YT 28 Jan Manchester World Indoor Tour 18 Feb World Cross Country, Bathurst AUS 25 Feb Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final - Imagine will be on BBC 2 - 5 Mar European Indoor Championships (Istanbul) 10 - 11 Mar NCAA D1 Indoor Championships (Albuquerque) 23 April - London Marathon 5 May Diamond League 1 - Doha 27-28 May Götzis Multi-events 7-10 June - NCAA Outdoors, Austin TX 20-25 Jun - European Team Championships, Silesia 13-16 July - European U23 Champs, Finland 23 July - London (Diamond League) 7-10 Aug - European U20 Champs, Jerusalem 19-27 Aug - World Championships, Budapest 16-17 Sept - Diamond League Final - Eugene 30 Sept-1 Oct - World Road Champs, Riga.


Mack. View member profile	1st February 2023, 02:31 PM Post #3
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Kenenisa Bekele will lead the London Marathon's elite men's field as four of the five fastest runners in history go head-to-head in April's race. Ethiopian Bekele, the second-fastest man in history, will be joined on the start line by Kelvin Kiptum, Birhanu Legese and Mosinet Geremew on 23 April. Returning 2022 winner Amos Kipruto will also face competition from world champion Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia. "I can't wait to return to London as the champion," said Kenya's Kipruto. "London always has a really strong field and this year is the same so I know I will face a battle to defend my title, but I'm confident and looking forward to it," the 30-year-old added. Britain's four-time Olympic track champion Mo Farah will also compete as he prepares to say an "emotional goodbye" at the event.


Mack. View member profile	5th February 2023, 03:09 PM Post #4
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Laura Muir led a dominant British performance in the 3,000m at the World Indoor Tour in Boston as she claimed victory in her season-opening race. European and Commonwealth 1500m champion Muir won in a time of eight minutes 40.34 seconds as British athletes filled the top four positions. Melissa Courtney-Bryant finished next in 8:41.09, ahead of Katie Snowden (8:47.41) and Hannah Nuttall (8:47.72). Elsewhere, Morgan Lake set an outright British women's high jump record. Competing in Hustopece, Czech Republic, Lake's indoor clearance at 1.99m saw her better Katarina Johnson-Thompson's mark of 1.98m set at the 2016 Rio Olympics.


PeteFromLeeds View member profile	6th February 2023, 07:41 PM Post #5
Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon Joined: 6 May 2016 Posts: 23,905 User: 23,247	Nice to see some British success in the indoor championships! I always wonder how well that form carries over into the summer, hopefully well.


Mack. View member profile	12th February 2023, 04:38 PM Post #6
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Britain's Laura Muir won the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in New York. The 29-year-old Scot crossed the line in four minutes 20.15 seconds, with British team-mate Katie Snowden finishing third. Olympic 1500m silver medallist Muir produced a strong finish to fight back having lost the lead late in the race. The prestigious Wanamaker Mile attracts the world's best middle distance runners and is the showpiece event of the Millrose Games. In the men's Wanamaker Mile, Britain's Neil Gourley placed second in a personal best time of three minutes 49.46 seconds. Muir's training partner Jemma Reekie was ninth in the women's race, more than eight seconds back.


Mack. View member profile	18th February 2023, 09:44 PM Post #7
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Reece Prescod and Daryll Neita claimed gold medals in the 60m at the UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Neita crossed the line in 7.17 seconds, ahead of Asha Philip and Alisha Rees. Prescod beat Jeremiah Azu and Eugene Amo-Dadzie with a time of 6.54.


Mack. View member profile	19th February 2023, 04:48 PM Post #8
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Mack. View member profile	19th February 2023, 04:57 PM Post #9
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Mack. View member profile	19th February 2023, 05:46 PM Post #10
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Femke Bol runs 49.26 to take down Kratochvilova's indoor 400m world record!!! Kratochvilova's mark of 49.59 had stood since 1982.


Mack. View member profile	23rd February 2023, 01:57 AM Post #11
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir have been named in Great Britain and Northern Ireland's team for the European Indoor Championships. Hodgkinson, 20, who will defend her 800m title, set a world-leading time in the distance earlier in February. Scotland's four-time European indoor champion Muir, who has won the 1500m and 3000m titles twice each, competes over 1500m this year. The event takes place in Istanbul, Turkey from 2-5 March.


PeteFromLeeds View member profile	24th February 2023, 08:22 PM Post #12
Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon Joined: 6 May 2016 Posts: 23,905 User: 23,247	All the best to them! Given the success they've had over the years I wouldn't be surprised to see them do well again - but who knows what will happen on the day?


Mack. View member profile	3rd March 2023, 01:57 AM Post #13
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Keely Hodgkinson started the defence of her 800m European indoor title by winning her first heat in Istanbul. The Olympic silver medallist will now race alongside fellow Briton Isabelle Boffey in Saturday's semi-finals. Last week Hodgkinson claimed the World Indoor Tour title in a British record of one minute 57.18 seconds but on Thursday her 2:01.67 was enough to win.


Mack. View member profile	22nd March 2023, 07:24 PM Post #14
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	The World Athletics Council has today awarded the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships to Antalya in Turkiye and the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships to Torun in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region of Poland.


Mack. View member profile	23rd March 2023, 02:40 PM Post #15
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	New Zealand runner Zane Robertson has been banned for eight years following a positive test for erythropoietin (EPO) and "providing false documentation". The 33-year-old, who won 5,000m bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, was caught after being tested at the 2022 Great Manchester Run. He claimed he was given EPO in Kenya, where he trains, when trying to get a Covid-19 vaccination. However, the medical facility in Kenya did not support Robertson's claim.


Mack. View member profile	23rd March 2023, 06:18 PM Post #16
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	World Athletics president Seb Coe says the global governing body has decided at this week's council meeting to exclude transgender women from female events.


Mack. View member profile	23rd March 2023, 06:26 PM Post #17
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Russia's doping suspension has been lifted - but the nation will remain banned "for the foreseeable future" because of the war in Ukraine, the World Athletics Council has ruled. Athletes have not been able to compete for Russia since November 2015 after state-sponsored doping was uncovered. The Russian federation has been reinstated after meeting conditions set by World Athletics' Russia Taskforce. But athletes remain excluded following Russia's invasion in February 2022. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said: "The unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus by countries and industries all over the world appear to be the only peaceful way to disrupt and disable Russia's current intentions and restore peace.


Mack. View member profile	3rd April 2023, 04:28 PM Post #18
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Eilish McColgan smashed her own British record to win the Berlin Half Marathon. The 32-year-old crossed the finish line in one hour five minutes and 43 seconds, taking 43 seconds off her previous best over the distance. Scotland's McColgan, who will make her debut over 26.2 miles at the London Marathon on 23 April, moves up to fourth on the European all-time list. Ethiopia's Tsigie Gebreselama was second, 30 seconds back, with her compatriot Yalemget Yaregal third. McColgan's fellow Briton Samantha Harrison missed out on the podium in fourth.


Mack. View member profile	17th April 2023, 01:44 AM Post #19
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	Athletics Ireland has issued an apology after a mix-up led to runners in the national 10km championship not completing the full distance. The governing body said "unforeseen circumstances" were to blame for the confusion in Sunday's Great Ireland Run in Dublin. Reports suggested the race ended up being only 8.5km long. Athletics Ireland issued a statement and said it will provide runners with more information when it is available. "Athletics Ireland and the event organiser Dublin City Harriers wish to apologise to all participants for the unforeseen circumstances that led to today's Great Ireland Run (incorporating the national 10k championship) being less than the specified distance," the statement said.


Mack. View member profile	19th April 2023, 10:40 AM Post #20
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,840 User: 12,915	A top ultra-marathon runner who was disqualified from a race for using a car says she made a "massive error" accepting the trophy for third place. Joasia Zakrzewski said her actions were "not malicious" and the incident was caused by miscommunication. Dr Zakrzewski, from Dumfries, took part in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race on 7 April. It was later discovered she travelled by car for about 2.5 miles before continuing to complete the race.