Egil Reidar Osnes

Once a runner. Tvitrer 85 % om friidrett.

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@jgault13 Celebrating its 45th anniversary today.

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@jgault13 The British record not in danger though... Coe still holding 3rd all-time with 2.12,18.

[RetroSportNorge @RetroSportNorge]

Graabak. Oftebro. Lundberg. Engen Vik. Grøttumsbråten. Moan. Haug. Hagen. Slåttvik. Stenersen. Knutsen. Sandberg.

Og der stopper listen. Trist.

https://t.co/wH0mV1Jilt

[Bill Mallon @bambam1729]

Erling Haaland reminds me of Bob Hayes at the 1964 Olympics.

Hayes was the fastest sprinter in the world. In the 4x100 relay he came from well behind to defeat the Poles and French, winning by over 3 metres.

A French runner told his teammate, Mel Pender, "All you have his Hayes," to which Pender replied, "He's all we need, baby."

Same with Erling Haaland, and his Norwegian team.

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@JornSundby Takk, dette har jeg lurt på i dag, visste jeg kunne finne svaret hos @JornSundby. Hvilket OL var sist det var så få nasjoner i herrestafetten?

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@jgault13 Who (other the runners themselves eventually) found this out? Investigative journalist @jgault13?

[Jonathan Gault @jgault13]

Feb 14, Yared Nuguse on the LetsRun Podcast, one day after Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke his mile WR: “I don’t know if I’d go back and do the mile again. Feels a little petty.”

March 1, Yared Nuguse on IG: “Looks like I am that petty after all.”

Mile WR attempt is ON in Boston.

[PJ Vazel @pjvazel]

In 1989 Marcus O'Sullivan 🇮🇪 broke the 1500m @WorldAthletics Indoor Record during a Mile in East Rutherford but failed to break the Mile WIR
Same thing happened the previous year same meet but his 1500m time was not ratified as 3 of the 4 timekeepers forgot to stop their watch 🤣

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@stevemagness A side note - not to be confused with the Norwegian model (as explained by Marius Bakken https://t.co/PPvR6HY10o) that actually works.

[LetsRun.com @letsrundotcom]

The World Series is drawing massive TV audiences in Japan - bigger than in the US. But did you know that a 2-day, 10-hour road race attracts 4 times as many viewers as the World Series? Read about it here: https://t.co/sHvFbOXCpd

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@atlegutt @PetterSkinstad Interessant! Vil kanskje si at også de to er relativt sett lite på TV. De konkurrerer ikke akkurat hver uke i sesongen. Ville trodd de hadde flere, men verden er tydeligvis større enn Letsrun 😊

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@atlegutt @PetterSkinstad For å spore inn/av.. Hvordan ligger Norges friidrettsutøvere an her?

[Jason Henderson @Jason_AW]

Jakob Ingebrigtsen humbled by the half-marathon in Copenhagen but kudos to the Olympic 5000m champion for grinding on to the finish in 63:13 after a 27:27 first 10km.

Shades of Steve Ovett, who in his 1500m/mile heyday won the Dartford Half in 65:38 in 1977.

[Lorenzo Nesi @CoachLN]

Top Men #CPH Half.
The missing nr 2 belongs to….Jakob I?

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@atlegutt @PetterSkinstad Dumt å ta noe på forskudd i idrett...

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@PetterSkinstad 3 var det visst foreløpig.. men den fjerde er kanskje det sikreste kortet.

[Egil Reidar Osnes @EgilR78]

@PetterSkinstad Og 4 i finaler på 800/1500 i U20-VM i Peru, så trenger ikke vente helt til Beito heller.

[SVT Sport @SVTSport]

Ingemar Stenmark tävlade i stavhopp på veteran-VM i Göteborg
https://t.co/OKzByglLbG

[Jonathan Gault @jgault13]

Olympic 5,000m men’s splits.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen closed his final 600 in 1:19.9. I don’t know how anyone is supposed to beat that.

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

🗣️ “I have a pretty big engine. I used to run cross country. I put a lot of mileage in, a lot of stuff like that. So when I dropped down to an 800, 1500 runner before, and then I dropped down to the 400 and worked on foot speed and a lot of jumps, I always had the strength.”

You know what they say: Strength = speed 🤷‍♂️

After winning the 400m Olympic title, @QuincyHall400 shares that he actually used to be a cross country runner before dropping down to the middle distance events, and ultimately, the sprints.

🎥 Full press conference: https://t.co/KfJM6Obmb0