2023 Indoors

[philipo]

The snide accusations about Bol came from America cos the new 400m holder was not a USA athlete. Who expected any difference . They never change.

[philipo]

It was obviously coming based on what had already happened so far, but 3:21.75 for Arkansas in the W4x400m is comfortably the fastest indoor 4x400m ever run, and only not a World Record because Amber Anning ran (and excellent 51.47) on leg 1. Insane.

I am betting it will be a struggle for some of the NCAA outrageous performances to be replicated in 3 months time and the next sea level efforts. Shoes, track, altitude helped. Let's hope the talent on display is clean.!!

[RunUnlimited]

As MysteryBrick points out, this is at altitude. So although some of these performances are amazing, it has been with the benefit of thinner air.

[MysteryBrick]

It was obviously coming based on what had already happened so far, but 3:21.75 for Arkansas in the W4x400m is comfortably the fastest indoor 4x400m ever run, and only not a World Record because Amber Anning ran (and excellent 51.47) on leg 1. Insane.

[MysteryBrick]

I also feel this benefits quite a lot from what I think of as 'altitude doping'. Fundamentally, being that high up on that good a track really really helps.

[CAML]

Wilson's splits were similar to Bol's, whereas Adeleke was half a second faster over 200, but 1.5 seconds slower on the second lap. Its not bad after 5 months training for the 400, but work to do on her pace judgement and strength, as you'd expect.

[Christy93]

Stunner of a run from Wilson.

Plenty of shade thrown Bol's way on Twitter and various forums after her WR run, but perhaps people will soon catch up with the fact technological advancements are pushing the sport to new heights. Get your head used to seeing faster, higher and stronger folks!

[RunUnlimited]

Jasmine Moore, having jumped 7.03m to win the long jump yesterday at the NCAA Div I Championships, has now leaped out to 15.08m in the triple jump! In doing so, the 21 year old American not only demolished her own PB (14.57m, Mar 2022) as well as Tori Franklin's US national record of 14.64m (Feb 2020), she becomes just the 2nd woman ever to jump beyond 7m in the LJ and 15m in the TJ indoors, after former TJ world record holder Yolanda Chen achieved the feat in 1995. (Chen long jumped 7.05m back in 1989, then triple jumped her WR of 15.03m - becoming the first woman beyond the 15 metre barrier - on her way to winning the 1995 World Indoor title in Barcelona.)

Moore's 15.08m is also the first jump beyond 15 metres performed by someone other than Yulimar Rojas, in 13 years, since Olga Rypakova did so at the 2010 WIC to win gold.


(As I was typing this comment, Moore improved again to 15.12m in the final round! She moves up into 5th on the world indoor all time list as a result!)

[Occasional Hope]

49.48 for Britton Wilson in the NCAA final, almost a full second faster than second placed Talitha Diggs.

[RunUnlimited]

Kyle Garland made a statement today as he recorded the 2nd highest indoor heptathlon score in history. His 6639 total is just 5 points off Ashton Eaton's WR, set by the great American as he won gold at the 2012 World Indoor Championships. Garland did smash Eaton's collegiate and meeting records, set in 2010, by well over 150 points though, and also trounced the facility record of Gunnar Nixon in 2013 by over 400 points.

[Occasional Hope]

Yes, I spotted that. Younger brother Simen is a big PV talent too.

[RunUnlimited]

Day 1 over at the NCAA Div I Indoor Championships in New Mexico saw some outstanding performances, and included in them was Norwegian Sondre Guttormsen, just 5 days after winning EIC gold in Istanbul, equalling KC Lightfoot's collegiate pole vault record with a 2nd time clearance over 6 meters. That smashed the outright NR he had shared with Pal Haugen Lillifosse by 14cms, added 9cm to Sam Kendricks facility record and also beat the meeting record too.

The 23 year old now becomes the 23rd man in modern athletics history to jump 6m or better in the pole vault.

[Occasional Hope]

It's always interesting to see who progresses from the junior ranks and who doesn't.

[RunUnlimited]

She's incredible.... but a word of caution... Alina Shukh. Amazing heptathlete as a junior. Has now dropped the Hep to focus on javelin and hasn't made much progress at it.

Koscak is a definite talent though.

[Occasional Hope]

Another stunning performance by 16 year old Jana Koscak, Euro u18 champion last summer. World u18 record of 4585 in her second pentathlon of the month. She's still only 16. 8.46 hurdles, 1.90 HJ, 6.17 LJ, 15.11 shot.

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