2022 Outdoors

[LuckySpikes]

An Ethiopian double at the Copenhagen Half Marathon.

Milkesa Mengesha won the Men's race in 58:58 PB. Defending champ Amedework Walelegn was 2nd and Dominic Lobalu 5th.

In the Women's race Tsigie Gebreselama had a 29s lead over Tadu Teshome at 15km (both 21yo) but faded and was overhauled by Teshome who won in 66:13. Teshome will be familiar as Tade Naru to anyone who watches the Women's Grand Prix Series 10k races in South Africa. She should be in Jo'burg in 2 weeks' time to defend her lead in the overall standings there (worth a good pay day!) Pre-race favourite, Vicoty Chepngeno, was up in the lead three on sub-65 pace for the first 8k or so but faded back to 8th.
Calli Thackery ran around 69:00 PB (official results not yet available)

At the 10 mile Dam tot Damloop in Netherlands, Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi won a close race in 50:42. Lonah Salpeter was over a minute behind in 4th. Charles Langat won the Men's race in 45:14.

Last night's Sydney Marathon was won in a thrilling 3-way finish by Moses Kibet, 2:07:02. In the Women's race Tigist Girma pulled away in the last few km to win in 2:25:09. She's a two-time sub-2:20 athlete.

[LuckySpikes]

Indoor news not Outdoors ...

The 2023 World Indoor Tour calendar is up - 44 meetings expanded from 34 meetings in 2022. All except the Kallithea High Jump meeting are already established meetings.
https://www.worldathletics.org/compe...ason=2022%2F23

This year there were 5 meetings in January. Next year there will be 16 in January!

[LuckySpikes]

Some quality stuff at the Bronze meeting in Padova:

Women
100: Ta Lou 10.94, smoking Richardson & the other Americans by 0.2+ seconds
800: 1 Allie Wilson 1:58.38, 2 Reekie 1:58.71
400H: 1 Muhammad 53.84, 2 A Knight (JAM) 53.95
TJ: 1 Ricketts 14.72, 2 Lafond 14.71w, 3 Perez Hernandez (CUB) 14.53

Men
110H: 1 Cunningham 13.21, 2 Britt 13.27
400: Deadmon 44.76
1500: Nuguse (USA) 3:33.26 (1.4s PB)
LJ: Gayle 8.26

Full results: https://www.fidal.it/risultati/2022/...tiPerGara.html

The headline results from ISTAF Berlin:

W 100H: Amusan 12.45
W 5000: 1 B Chebet 14:44.25, 2 Elly Henes (USA) 14:52.87 (big PB)
W LJ: 1 Mihambo 6.92 ... 3 Sawyers 6.69
W DT: Allman 70.06
M 100: N Lyles 9.95
M 100H: 1 Holloway 13.05, 2 Crittenden 13.07
M 400H: Warholm 47.24

Full results: https://www.leichtathletik.de/termin...in-live#c26291

[LuckySpikes]

Entry lists for Sunday's Berlin (Silver) and Padova (Bronze) meetings are summarised at https://forum.trackandfieldnews.com/...-tour-meetings

[marilyn1]

So actually, 4 of the top 5 UK Male 200m runners are going to be UK-based from next year.

Refreshing.

[MysteryBrick]

So actually, 4 of the top 5 UK Male 200m runners are going to be UK-based from next year.

[Ladyloz]

Yes. Based on comments in article below after Commonwealths; Gemili is basing himself in UK again going forward

Adam Gemili seeking happiness at home to rediscover ‘the old Adam’ (yahoo.com)

[ilovetnf]

And is Gemili not moving back?

[MysteryBrick]

NMB is UK-based now, coached by Ryan Freckleton. And Dobson is an undergraduate at Loughborough, and indeed ran in the BUCS 4x400m this year.

[marilyn1]

Ferguson registers ok. He is number 5 in p of 10 this year ,so far. A Brit who lives in GB, trained by Brits , i think, trains and competes here during the year.
More than you can say about Hughes, NMB, Gemili, and Dobson who currently trains and competes in the USA.

[marilyn1]

The Memoriał Wiesława Maniaka in Szczecin is always a good little meeting. I'm amazed it's not a Conti Tour Bronze meeting but maybe the organisers don't want the responsibilities that come with that. Selected results (there were no events above 800 nor any field events for women) ...

Men
100 'A' (+1.6): 1 Mena (CUB) 10.19 ... 5 Joe Ferguson 10.29
200 'B' (+0.8): 1 Slowikowski (POL) 20.27 PB
200 'A' (+0.7): 1 Mena (CUB) 19.95, 2 Ferguson 20.38
400: 1 Zalewski 45.73 ... 4 Lewis Davey 46.52
800: 1 Collins Kipruto 1:44.42 SB, 2 Dobek 1:45.04 ... 5 Giles 1:46.65
Discus: 1 Okoye 66.16, 2 Urbanek 63.90

Women
100 'A' (+0.8): 1 Kiara Parker (USA) 11.17 ... 6 Awuah 11.77
200 'A': Awuah DNS
400: 1 Baumgart-Witan 51.48, 2 Okolo (USA) 52.22
800: 1 Snowden 1:59.72 PB, 2 Sarna (POL) 1:59.99 SB - first time sub-2 for Katie!

What happened to Mena in Eugene
?

[MysteryBrick]

One other point on Ferguson - 20.38 would have been a UK lead in 2012, 10 years later it barely even registers, such has been the improvement in British sprinting.

[MysteryBrick]

Excellent win for Snowden, and very solid runs from Joe Ferguson. Kristal Awuah has completely lost her way and needs to change her coaching setup.

[LuckySpikes]

The Memoriał Wiesława Maniaka in Szczecin is always a good little meeting. I'm amazed it's not a Conti Tour Bronze meeting but maybe the organisers don't want the responsibilities that come with that. Selected results (there were no events above 800 nor any field events for women) ...

Men
100 'A' (+1.6): 1 Mena (CUB) 10.19 ... 5 Joe Ferguson 10.29
200 'B' (+0.8): 1 Slowikowski (POL) 20.27 PB
200 'A' (+0.7): 1 Mena (CUB) 19.95, 2 Ferguson 20.38
400: 1 Zalewski 45.73 ... 4 Lewis Davey 46.52
800: 1 Collins Kipruto 1:44.42 SB, 2 Dobek 1:45.04 ... 5 Giles 1:46.65
Discus: 1 Okoye 66.16, 2 Urbanek 63.90

Women
100 'A' (+0.8): 1 Kiara Parker (USA) 11.17 ... 6 Awuah 11.77
200 'A': Awuah DNS
400: 1 Baumgart-Witan 51.48, 2 Okolo (USA) 52.22
800: 1 Snowden 1:59.72 PB, 2 Sarna (POL) 1:59.99 SB - first time sub-2 for Katie!

[Ursus]

Mystery is right about Kovacs. Superb thrower with the misfortune to be up against Crouser who has redefined the event. One of his warm up putts a few years ago was believed to be around the 24m mark. Maybe a bit fanciful but I hope he joins the 23m club one day.

On the subject of Kovacs I’ll bet there aren’t many elite male throwers that are coached by their wives. Ashley Kovacs nee Muffet also coaches Divine Oladipo.