Hyping up KJT has never ended well for anyone and still hard to see her getting close to Thiam but she’s been pretty solid so far

Punched the air at Bradshaw clearing 4.75 there, would be amazing to see her finally getting a big outdoor medal.
also actually starting to believe KJT can do it after that 200m.
been a great competition for the brits already

That’s a great run from Guliyev. Smashed the rest of them.

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Lovely touch to see Stefanidi celebrate when Bradshaw went over, too.

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Second fastest European run ever…although must admit I was concentrating on the race for second! Great race all round.

Amazingly, Pietro Mennea’s European 200m record still stands after 39 years.

I think it all rests on the javelin now, but we’ll see. KJT has to get a good jump in early in the long jump…don’t want any repeats of the World Champs a few years back!

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That was at altitude though wasn’t it?

Yeah, still counts though. Maybe Guliyev will get to race in Mexico City some time :slight_smile:

not gonna happen unless Thiam fucks it in the 800m then. still pretty happy with Thiam winning and KJT having put in a consistent enough performance to make it a good competition

Would bloody love Matt Hudson Smith to smash it tonight. Always worry for him cos he has Aspergers and seems to struggle a bit with the big moments, fouled in the 4x400 at the Olympics and then got hammered for pulling out of the 4x400 world final, so so talented tho

…was that British runner doing the Albanian bird thing?!?

Got nervous and ran a weird race but still so great to see him winning gold :grinning:

BMX today was A LOT of fun. Men’s final was very exciting.

Defo want a go on that track at some point.

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Dina Asher Smith and Ingebritsen Jr are both amazing

Dina seems so, so lovely in her interviews.

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Yeah she’s ace. most British track and fielders are good ieggs imo

Great championship overall. The athletics relays were excellent especially the mens 4 x 400 and how dramatic the last leg was. Dina Asher Smith must be odds on for Bbc spoty!

It’s just the Olympics minus the ones you could get good enough at if you had the time and means to practise solidly for a few years (rowing, shooting etc), and the ones that are good enough to have their own prestigious international tournaments (football, tennis etc), innit.

Aye, it went to form - but there was always the chance of Thiem having a strangely off day in the javelin. When they’re both on top form there will always be one winner…sadly the colour of the medal sometimes comes down to capitalising on the mistakes of others (eh, Eilish McColgan?)

Yeah, although I like Henrik’s odd 70s cop look.

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