2023 European Indoor Championships (Istanbul, 2- 5 March)

[Christy93]

I had to Google Ceccarelli, and now I know why: He first broke 6.70 in January, first broke 6.60 in February, now sub 6.50 in March. What?!?!?!?!

[Occasional Hope]

100m pb is 10.45, and only ran 10.48 last year.

[Occasional Hope]

Azu joins Prescod in the final with 6.59.

[Occasional Hope]

I was about to say it looks like Prescod versus the Italians in the final, but Jacobs looks like his injury might have come back?

[Occasional Hope]

That was very easy for Keely.

[Laps]

Idiot race by Boffey. Much to learn.

[carterhatch]

Yes, as Dion Dublin often says, 'win or learn...' .

[Sovietvest]

I had to Google Ceccarelli, and now I know why: He first broke 6.70 in January, first broke 6.60 in February, now sub 6.50 in March. What?!?!?!?!

Ha! I just logged on to post the same. I wonder who his coach is.

[jjimbojames]

Marco Del Medico

[Occasional Hope]

Marco del Medico. It looks as if his career has been hampered by injuries: https://www.fidal.it/atleta_one.php?t=fa6RkpOgaWw

[Occasional Hope]

That was a bit rubbish tactically, Learmonth let Ben through on the inside, who then stopped him going past outside, and he never recovered his position. They shouldn't have changed the name from Lucky Loser.

[LuckySpikes]

Ha, both my remaining M 800 predictions, Tecuceanu & Kramer, doing it the hard way and sneaking into the final by the slimmest of margins.

[Sovietvest]

Idiot race by Boffey. Much to learn.

Harsh. Looked like a tired athlete who only had one move. Even as she made that move - into third - she looked spent. Shame - probably mistimed her peak by a couple of weeks.

[LuckySpikes]

You wouldn't believe it from the BBC coverage but there's a Women's PV final going on !

Of the 8 women field, 5 are left having cleared 4.60. The next height is 4.70. The athletes out are Bruni, Meijer & Moser.

[Sovietvest]

An eight man indoor final with both Learmonth and Robert will be entertaining.

[LuckySpikes]

Danismaz 14.31 iNR to take the lead in the 2nd round of the TJ.

[Occasional Hope]

That looked like slightly harder work for Laura than I would have expected.

[LuckySpikes]

Laura isn't in tip-top shape this winter but it was still good enough. Very pleased for Claudia Bobocea getting a medal.

[MR_ME]

Her eariler indoor races looked strong. It was only last weekend she started to look out of form.

[LuckySpikes]

Hmm, of her 4 "finals" she really only looked something like her best at the Millrose Games. Still, she won them all.

[Laps]

Thought it was the way the race was run. Made ground quite quickly from the back. Had a little battle with Bobocea before going clear extravagantly.
Used her energy to win the race early and just had to hang on (Warholm a more extreme example). Compared Bobocea and Ennaoui ran a steady pace and were staying on.

[jjimbojames]

Based on how Jemma Reekie has raced this season, I’m guessing the group hasn’t prioritised the indoors / not done the full speed work etc, but they felt Laura had enough of a gap over the field to win off of the back of their training

[MysteryBrick]

Yeah, given the won medals at 3 champs last summer I'm not surprised if they've not tapered much for indoors, priority has to be Budapest then Paris. Plus, she won, no-one cares how.