Beginning our 14th year and 1,200+ postings. A blog for athletes and fans of 20th century Track and Field culled from articles in sports journals of the day, original articles, book reviews, and commentaries from readers who lived and ran and coached in that era. We're equivalent to an Amer. Legion post of Track and Field but without cheap beer. You may contact us directly at irathermediate@gmail.com or write a comment below. George Brose, Courtenay, BC ed.
Thinking of going to gay Paree (Paris) next summer for les JO, Jeux Olympiques (Olympic Games)? May have to break into the kids' piggy banks. Prices are going up in Paris and environs next August. Price increases at hotels will be anywhere from 312% to 1514% depending where you stay. Might want to latch onto one of those tours like T&FN organizes. This of course does not include, plane tickets, meals, and tickets to venues. Marathon should be free if you are in the right place at the right time.
Thank's to Jose Sant for relaying this information.
Prices below are for a double room and breakfast. That means coffee and a croissant.
To all of you who are trying to look up the posts we did in the past 9 days, I have put links to them in one place, making it much easier to find them by clicking on those links seen below. Also this week I added some extra stories about the passing of Tom Courtney, a Baseball Trading card piece you may enjoy, a story about Jules Ladoumegue the French middle distance runner who was honored in 1935 when 300, 000 people came out onto the Champs Elysees, a piece on Trey Hardy, and one on Oscar Moore. Please enjoy and thanks to all the other blog and news sites where I was able to find results and recaps. Note that I did all the metric to Imperial conversions and take responsibility for any mistakes. The feet should be good, the inches are questionable. It's been an incredible week of events, and now I have to starting gathering myself to be ready for Paris.
OUTV's panel has decided that Jakob Ingebrigtsen gets vote for athlete of the day for his overcoming the disappointment of his loss in the 1500M. I could never be certain what was going to happen here. Was he just hanging on but not feeling great like he claimed to be in the 1500 or was being the cagiest guy on the track. He gets the cagey nod by cranking a 52.45 last lap and out running Katir in the last 30 or 40 meters. Not a bad day. My picks, Nordas 14th and Grijalva 4th remind me to stay out of the online gaming sites.
POS
ATHLETE
NAT
RESULT
1
Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN
NOR
13:11.30 SB
2
Mohamed KATIR
ESP
13:11.44
3
Jacob KROP
KEN
13:12.28
4
Luis GRIJALVA
GUA
13:12.50
5
Yomif KEJELCHA
ETH
13:12.51
6
Hagos GEBRHIWET
ETH
13:12.65
7
Mohammed AHMED
CAN
13:12.92
8
Berihu AREGAWI
ETH
13:12.99
9
Jimmy GRESSIER
FRA
13:17.20
10
Ishmael Rokitto KIPKURUI
KEN
13:21.20
11
Mohamed ISMAIL
DJI
13:23.89
12
Abdihamid NUR
USA
13:23.90
13
Stewart MCSWEYN
AUS
13:26.58
14
Narve Gilje NORDÅS
NOR
13:28.73
15
Paul CHELIMO
USA
13:30.88
16
Ouassim OUMAIZ
ESP
13:31.99
Oscar CHELIMO
UGA
DNF
Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final
POS
ATHLETE
NAT
RESULT
1
Winfred Mutile YAVI
BRN
8:54.29 WL
2
Beatrice CHEPKOECH
KEN
8:58.98 SB
3
Faith CHEROTICH
KEN
9:00.69 PB
4
Zerfe WONDEMAGEGN
ETH
9:05.51
5
Alice FINOT
FRA
9:06.15 NR
6
Maruša MIŠMAŠ ZRIMŠEK
SLO
9:06.37 NR
7
Peruth CHEMUTAI
UGA
9:10.26 SB
8
Luiza GEGA
ALB
9:10.27 SB
9
Jackline CHEPKOECH
KEN
9:14.72
10
Marwa BOUZAYANI
TUN
9:15.07
11
Parul CHAUDHARY
IND
9:15.31 NR
12
Lomi MULETA
ETH
9:15.36
13
Sembo ALMAYEW
ETH
9:18.25
14
Olivia GÜRTH
GER
9:20.08 PB
15
Courtney WAYMENT
USA
9:25.90
Women's High Jump
NBC couldn't be bothered to show the end of this event nor the two relays. Just giving you what we found online.
POS
ATHLETE
NAT
RESULT
1.85
1.90
1.94
1.97
1.99
2.01
2.07
1
Yaroslava MAHUCHIKH
UKR
2.01 6' 7"
-
O
XO
O
O
XO
XXX
2
Eleanor PATTERSON
AUS
1.99 SB 6'6 1/4"
O
O
O
XXO
O
XXX
3
Nicola OLYSLAGERS
AUS
1.99 6'6 1/4"
-
O
XO
O
XO
XXX
4
Morgan LAKE
GBR
1.97 6'5 1/2"
O
O
XXO
XXO
XX-
X
5
Lamara DISTIN
JAM
1.94 6' 4 1/4"
O
O
O
XXX
5
Iryna GERASHCHENKO
UKR
1.94 6'4 1/4"
O
O
O
XXX
7
Angelina TOPIĆ
SRB
1.94 6' 4 1/4"
O
O
XO
XXX
8
Christina HONSEL
GER
1.94 6' 4 1/4"
O
XXO
XO
XXX
9
Lia APOSTOLOVSKI
SLO
1.90 =SB 6' 2 1/2"
O
O
XXX
9
Nadezhda DUBOVITSKAYA
KAZ
1.90 6' 2 1/2"
O
O
XXX
11
Vashti CUNNINGHAM
USA
1.90 6' 2 1/2"
XXO
O
XXX
12
Nawal MENIKER
FRA
1.90 6' 2 1/2"
O
XO
XXX
13
Elena KULICHENKO
CYP
1.90 6' 2 1/2"
O
XXO
XXX
13
Ella JUNNILA
FIN
1.90 6' 2 1/2"
O
XXO
XXX
15
Solène GICQUEL
FRA
1.85 6' 3/4"
XO
XXX
Women's 800m Final - Sunday, August 27
Athing Mu after getting into some bumping and/or stumbling trouble in the semi decided to go out and lead from the start. Moraa hung tough and came back in the home straight and Hodgkinson who ran very boxed in most of the race but as things stretched out in the end she saw an opening on the inside of Mu and came through but could not catch Moraa.
POS
ATHLETE
NAT
RESULT
1
Mary MORAA
KEN
1:56.03 PB
2
Keely HODGKINSON
GBR
1:56.34
3
Athing MU
USA
1:56.61 SB
4
Raevyn ROGERS
USA
1:57.45 SB
5
Jemma REEKIE
GBR
1:57.72
6
Nia AKINS
USA
1:57.73 PB
7
Adelle TRACEY
JAM
1:58.41 PB
8
Halimah NAKAAYI
UGA
1:59.18
Men's Javelin Throw Final Results
The Indian subcontinent including Pakistan have shown incredible improvement in the event and this championship was no exception. I wonder if these guys were inspired by the Indian film when it was released about Milkah Singh the great 400 meter runner of the sixties. Chopra has more internet followers than any other athlete. Noah Lyles should have a sit down with him.
POS
ATHLETE
NAT
MARK
ATT. 1
ATT. 2
ATT. 3
ATT. 4
ATT. 5
ATT. 6
1
Neeraj CHOPRA
IND
88.17 289' 3"
X
88.17
86.32
84.64
87.73
83.98
2
Arshad NADEEM
PAK
87.82 SB 288' 2"
74.80
82.81
87.82
87.15
X
81.86
3
Jakub VADLEJCH
CZE
86.67 284' 4"
82.59
84.18
83.65
83.62
86.67
X
4
Julian WEBER
GER
85.79 281' 6"
80.43
85.79
76.86
82.55
82.81
79.01
5
Kishore JENA
IND
84.77 PB 276'
75.70
82.82
X
80.19
84.77
X
6
D.P MANU
IND
84.14
78.44
X
83.72
X
83.48
84.14
7
Oliver HELANDER
FIN
83.38
83.38
81.44
X
X
X
82.85
8
Edis MATUSEVIČIUS
LTU
82.29
75.13
80.42
82.29
79.17
X
77.53
9
Dawid WEGNER
POL
80.75
78.19
74.60
80.75
10
Ihab ABDELRAHMAN
EGY
80.64
80.64
78.94
X
11
Andrian MARDARE
MDA
79.66
79.66
79.24
79.49
12
Timothy HERMAN
BEL
74.56
72.17
74.56
X
Men's 4x400m Final
POS
ATHLETE
MARK
1
United States
Quincy HALL
Vernon NORWOOD
Justin ROBINSON
Rai BENJAMIN
2:57.31 WL
2
France
Ludvy VAILLANT
Gilles BIRON
David SOMBE
Téo ANDANT
2:58.45 NR
3
Great Britain & NI
Alex HAYDOCK-WILSON
Charles DOBSON
Lewis DAVEY
Rio MITCHAM
2:58.71 SB
4
Jamaica
Rusheen MCDONALD
Roshawn CLARKE
Zandrion BARNES
Antonio WATSON
2:59.34 SB
5
India
Muhammed Anas YAHIYA
Amoj JACOB
Muhammed Ajmal VARIYATHODI
Rajesh RAMESH
2:59.92
6
Netherlands
Isayah BOERS
Terrence AGARD
Ramsey ANGELA
Isaya KLEIN IKKINK
3:00.40
7
Italy
Edoardo SCOTTI
Riccardo MELI
Lorenzo BENATI
Davide RE
3:01.23
Botswana
Zibane NGOZI
Baboloki THEBE
Laone DITSHETELO
Leungo SCOTCH
DQ - TR24.8
Women's 4x400m Final
From one of our regular readers who wishes anonymity:
"I found Bol's anchor split when she overcame a 20 yard deficient by running a 48.4 split. Hard to compare with Norway's 5,000 guy but at least she gets the woman athlete of the day if not "the" athlete of the day."
POS
ATHLETE
NAT
MARK
1
Netherlands
Eveline SAALBERG
Lieke KLAVER
Cathelijn PEETERS
Femke BOL
NED
3:20.72 WL
2
Jamaica
Candice MCLEOD
Janieve RUSSELL
Nickisha PRYCE
Stacey Ann WILLIAMS
JAM
3:20.88 SB
3
Great Britain & NI
Laviai NIELSEN
Amber ANNING
Ama PIPI
Nicole YEARGIN
GBR
3:21.04 SB
4
Canada
Zoe SHERAR
Aiyanna STIVERNE
Kyra CONSTANTINE
Grace KONRAD
CAN
3:22.42 SB
5
Belgium
Helena PONETTE
Imke VERVAET
Hanne CLAES
Camille LAUS
BEL
3:22.84 SB
6
Poland
Alicja WRONA-KUTRZEPA
Marika POPOWICZ-DRAPAŁA
Patrycja WYCISZKIEWICZ-ZAWADZKA
Natalia KACZMAREK
POL
3:24.93
7
Italy
Alice MANGIONE
Anna POLINARI
Alessandra BONORA
Giancarla TREVISAN
ITA
3:24.98 NR
8
Ireland
Sophie BECKER
Róisín HARRISON
Kelly MCGRORY
Sharlene MAWDSLEY
IRL
3:27.08
9
France
Amandine BROSSIER
Louise MARAVAL
Marjorie VEYSSIERE
Camille SERI
FRA
3:28.35
Thanks for your fine coverage of all the events. I appreciated it very much.
