After a 30 minute break to grab a fried herring sandwich and powerade (queues were horrendous, they clearly weren’t expecting the crowds to be around but what were they expecting with an all-day schedule that includes the big HJ show… Continue Reading →
10:40 Hardee continued his good form with the only sub-14 clocking to record 13.86 in heat 2 to regain the lead. Pogorelov won the first heat to keep up the pressure on the leaders and lead Diaz home who slipped… Continue Reading →
Even though the HJ decathlon was the first event of the evening session a combination of the high number of athletes and the generally good standard of jumping meant that it did not finish until 30 minutes after the official… Continue Reading →
10:30AM 38 athletes in the Decathlon, that’s a lot to keep track of. 5 heats for the 100m with the top men spread througout the races. Karpove rumbles to 11.02 in the first heat; Sebrle struggles to his normal 11+… Continue Reading →
I took a relaxed view to Day 3 as I chilled out watching the HT, PV and TJ finals. Frankly none of them was of a particularly high standard. Kozmus was good value in the HT getting over 80m in… Continue Reading →
18:50PM Pool A of the Javelin is over, only Oeser was missing from that pool. Alot of throws were stalling out, perhpas there were some difficult wind conditions. Zubin thew a Swiss national record in the second round with 53.01… Continue Reading →
6:00PM So the brief opening cermony is over. Unfortunately the soloist for the national anthem, accompanied by a good choir, arrived late on stage and then butchered the anthem! 7:00PM The Heptathlon SP saw a bug turnaround in the third… Continue Reading →
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