@CitiusMag@GrandSlamTrack “We are listening to our key stakeholders” : our starting idea was bad and we are not the revolution for athletics so let’s progressively get closer to what has been done for years.
Bowing out in style! 🫶
In his final marathon, Tadesse Abraham 🇨🇭 finishes fifth in the Valencia Marathon in a national record of 2:04:40 at the age of 42! 🫡
Wishing a very happy birthday to @thiam_nafi! 🥳
🥇2016 Olympic champion
🥇2017 European indoor champion
🥇2017 World champion
🥇2018 European champion
🥇2020 Olympic champion
🥇2021 European indoor champion
🥇2022 World champion
🥇2022 European champion
🥇2023 European indoor champion
🥇2024 European champion
🥇2024 Olympic champion
📊 World pentathlon record-holder (5055p)
📊 Third highest scoring heptathlete in history (7013p)
🗨️ "J'ai décidé de saisir ma chance et d'aller au bout de cette aventure même si elle n'est pas facile. Ça fait trois semaines que j'ai fait mon deuil sur ce que j'espérais à Paris"
Le pessimisme et la tristesse de Kevin Mayer à quelques jours du début du décathlon aux JO.
FEMKE BOL!!! 50.95!!!
European Record ✅
Dutch National record ✅
Third-fastest performance in history ✅
Personal best ✅
Becomes the second woman to break 51s ✅
The battle with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is on!
In which I reprise my recurring guest star role, in this month’s visit to “Clusterfuck Corner” (with bonus @CheckSwiss too, bringing some welcome Swiss diplomacy to the Canadian-Scottish rants)
https://t.co/qaRivnCXbv
And, to their credit, European Athletics have corrected the inconsistency in their approach to special treatment for individual athletes/Federations. That’s not always an easy thing to do.
Thanks for all the messages of support and amplification of the athletes’ position.
The French distance runners who were affected by the FFA’s mistake have now been selected…and now we wait to see the outcome for the combined eventers…
Here’s a reminder of the issue. The individual decisions are not the problem (although frustrating) - the issue is the inconsistency of @EuroAthletics in applying the rules
Special treatment possible for French (Mayer)
Special treatment not possible for heps penalised by French