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    @nonpartizan said in Athletics:

    @MiketheSnow said in Athletics:

    Over 70 years

    Unbelievable

    The interesting thing is that when Bannister broke the barrier he did so with an Aussie and I think an American from Kansas hot on his heels - they were all striving to break the barrier and were edging ever closer to it in the preceding years.

    Not that I am poo pooing it but it seems inconceivable that a runner with no peer competitors is going to be able to take 7 seconds off her personal best/world record. I really hope she does it because it would be an extraordinary feat.

    Sounds like she will be paced start to finish by men so she should certainly be able to beat her own record. Seems a big ask to knock that much time off though

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      The thing in Faiths favour is that she’s never had a pacer like this before. She typically has to lead for at least the last lap, often longer.

      So I think she’ll make a massive improvement, being able to shut off and be led for 1450m

      Someone like Jess Hull who may also be a part of this, basically has had a pacer in Faith in every big race - so it’s hard to see an enormous improvement

      I can’t see Faith getting this - but I can’t wait to see her try!

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            @nonpartizan said in Athletics:

            . If he physically assaulted her I can only assume he's gonna potentially face being ostracized from the sport, especially since he has a domestic violence charge against his name.

            So athletics aren't like NZ Rugby then and he wont be instantly promoted to the athletics version of the All Blacks?

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              @nonpartizan said in Athletics:

              . If he physically assaulted her I can only assume he's gonna potentially face being ostracized from the sport, especially since he has a domestic violence charge against his name.

              So athletics aren't like NZ Rugby then and he wont be instantly promoted to the athletics version of the All Blacks?

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                    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/australian-sprinter-lachlan-kennedy-breaks-10-sec-barrier-in-mens-100m/CINS6JWXZXVNJA5F24VAZHTZE4/#google_vignette

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                      Armand Duplantis does it again. Another World Record! And his hot girlfriend seems very excited indeed by what he has just done with his extremely big pole.

                      https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1934300798764081155

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                        The margin between first and the rest is crazy

                        Total dominance

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                          Zoe Hobbs has broken her own Oceania 100m record by running a blistering 10.94sec in the Czech Republic.

                          https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360734655/zoe-hobbs-breaks-her-own-oceania-record-blistering-time-1094sec

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                            Zoe Hobbs has broken her own Oceania 100m record by running a blistering 10.94sec in the Czech Republic.

                            https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360734655/zoe-hobbs-breaks-her-own-oceania-record-blistering-time-1094sec

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                            @Bovidae She was 0.01 seconds out of making the final at the last World Champs in 2023 - that record time would have made the final and placed her 6th. Hopefully she can keep trimming it towards 10.8

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                              Faith Kipyegon ran 4:06.42 for the mile with her pacers.

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                                Faith Kipyegon ran 4:06.42 for the mile with her pacers.

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                                @antipodean said in Athletics:

                                Faith Kipyegon ran 4:06.42 for the mile with her pacers.

                                I watched it. So noticeable how much harder she was working than the pacers. Not often you see middle distance men and women running together. Good on her for having a crack, but it’s going to be a fair while before any feeble goes under 4mins

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                                  https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/565750/kiwi-teenager-sam-ruthe-has-another-crack-at-a-sub-four-minute-mile?fbclid=IwY2xjawLRu99leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0NGFqckRCY2lFU3ZXcG9vAR6ox3l_ZhWv8EuHggNCRFlj80iYrkOwgkxwpQGEcx6bowsaZO7eTQROZqCCNA_aem_dBxp38jPJSteHdTey3tmiw

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                                    Zoe Hobbs was 3rd in Monaco behind the Olympic 100 m champion Julien Alfred.

                                    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360755441/zoe-hobbs-records-best-ever-diamond-league-finish-third-place-100m-monaco

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                                      https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360755978/teenage-running-prodigy-sam-ruthe-breaks-two-more-1500m-records-sets-new-personal-best

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                                        Tom Walsh misses out on bronze on countback at the World Athletics champs. Zoe Hobbs into the semis of the 100m, Geordie Beamish into the final of the steeplechase despite falling on the last lap with someone treading on his face.

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                                          Geordie Beamish with the W!

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