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(02-27-2018, 09:42 PM)Bada Wrote: [ -> ]60M

Hasn't he been there for sometime,or is he a young runner

(02-28-2018, 04:12 AM)Randy Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-27-2018, 09:42 PM)Bada Wrote: [ -> ]60M

Hasn't he been there for sometime,or is he a young runner

He won silver in 100m at the World Championships last year

Poland damn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JFjtl2gw-Q

Poland’s unheralded 4x400m relay men caused the biggest sensation of the entire world indoor championships in the final track event on Sunday — and even astonished themselves when they set the event’s only world record at the last gasp.

“It is a big shock and surprise for us. We were targeting the European record but really did not expect a result like this and never dreamed about the world record,” said one of the Poles’ astonished quartet, Rafal Omelko, with a bewildered smile.

The quartet of Karol Zalewski, Omelko, Lukasz Krawczuk and Jakub Krzewina established a world indoor mark of three minutes 01.77 seconds, which was remarkable enough in itself.

Yet what truly amazed was the manner in which Krzewina, turning himself into an instant Polish hero, hunted down American anchor leg runner Vernon Norwood to pip what was supposed to be an unbeatable U.S. squad in the dying strides.

Norwood, the 2016 U.S. indoor champion who has a lifetime best indoors of 45.31 seconds compared to Krzewina’s 46.15, should have made it a formality, as he took the baton for the final leg while leading by some five meters.

Yet the man who had anchored the Americans to victory two years ago in Portland ran a curiously distracted race out front, something he appeared to accept afterwards when he reflected gloomily: “The team did a great job but no comment on my last leg.”

Everybody, though, was commenting on Krzewina’s never-say-die effort to win from a seemingly impossible position. “I think the last lap with Jakub was the crucial one,” said Omelko.

“He pushed it so hard and he is very, very strong this year. He helped us to win the most.”

The 28-year-old Krzewina, who has never before won a major gold medal, sports plenty of garish tattoos. “But those who know me, know that they are not for show, they add to my strength when I’m fighting for Poland,” he likes to say.

All four of the team punched above their weight here as they eclipsed the mark of 3:02.13 set by another U.S. team at these championships four years ago.

The Americans’ consolation was the scant one of also being inside the old mark with 3:01.97.

Omelko explained that it was teamwork which had won the day for Poland.

“We’ve all worked hard together,” he said. “We met two weeks before the championships to train together for the relays and had a lot of exchange training. Still, this was a big shock.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-world-indoor-m4x400/athletics-poles-shocked-by-their-own-world-record-excellence-idUSKBN1GG109

60M hurdles. Didn't know that's an event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1r8g8n6NXw

^indoor events 60m sprint and the hurdles

Plus in the indoor relay it is interesting to note that the runners get to run in the innermost lane after the first 200m of the first runner.

In outdoor events it happens in the second runners territory.Never knew about his.

They don't do individual 400 iirc.They have 300m

I knew 60M. Didn't know hurdles. Such a short distance to have that.

The Sri Lankan Junior National Women’s Tennis Team pulled off a spectacular week of top class performances on court at the pre-qualifying rounds of the Junior Fed Cup Tennis Tournament 2018, held in Colombo this past week.



A team of three young ladies, Savini Jayasuriya, Anjalika Kurera and Oneli Perera took on four top nations which included 11 rubbers in total. Not only did they finish the tournament on top, they upheld an impressive unbeaten streak throughout the week. The team was led by former National Davis Cup veteran Dineshkanthan Thangarajah.

Sri Lanka was pooled into Group ‘A’ for the round-robin with the Maldives and Vietnam. The hosts wasted no time in registering straight set wins against both nations in all rubbers to top the group and move on to play for the top six positions. Two more countries faced the wrath of Sri Lanka as the team posed as an untouchable threat. Firstly, Philippines lost shamelessly on Friday in straight quick sets and sent Sri Lanka direct to the final round to fight for the top throne.

Savini Jayasuriya started the day for her team on a high with a 6/2, 6/2 victory over Trisha Mulani in the second single rubber. The first single was the only tough escapade for Sri Lanka and out went Anjalika Kurera to take up the challenge to drive the Sri Lanka home. After a 2 1/5 hour battle, Kurera survived a three-set thriller (7/5, 4/6, 6/2) taking her teammates to a sweet victory. Coach Thangarajah and the team have earned their place in the final-qualifying round of the 2018 Junior Fed Cup Championship and will travel to Malaysia next month.

“I’m a very proud captain today; We pulled off a great week of tennis and finished with the best result we could have got. The girls performed exceptionally with steady form and we hope to make a difference in Malaysia next month” A delighted captain, Dineshkanthan Thangarajah, told ThePapare.com on their week of victories.

http://www.thepapare.com/sri-lanka-ladies-stand-tall-unbeaten-record/

Olympic and world 400m Champion Wayde van Niekerk has vowed to come back stronger from the injury that has ruled him out of the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast of Australia next month.

Van Niekerk‚ who is the first man in history to go sub-10 in 100m‚ sub-20 in 200m‚ sub-31 in 300m and sub-44 in 400m‚ hurt his knee last year while taking part in a celebrity touch rugby match at Newlands ahead of a Test match between the Springboks and the All Blacks.

“Rehabilitation is going very well‚ we are in the positive stage now and I am looking forward to the process of working towards to the upcoming season‚” he said.

“I am working very hard to try and master this rehabilitation phase that I am going through now so that I get back to business. I will come back stronger than before.

“We have quality in track and field in the country at the moment and it is also good to see world class athletes from other countries coming to South Africa to test our facilities and our athletes. It can only be good for us going forward.

Van Niekerk attended the second leg of the Athletix Grand Prix meet at Tuks Stadium last week and he watched Caster Semenya break the long standing 1000m record‚ Anaso Jobodwana beat world champion Justin Gatlin to win the rarely run 150m event and Akani Simibine win the 100m.

“I am here in Pretoria to find some inspiration from the guys who are performing in this Grand Prix‚" he said.

"It is exciting to see that we can pull of such a big and exciting event in South Africa.”

Van Niekerk could not say when he expects to return to the track but promised that he would be refreshed after this long lay-off.

“I have to rebuild‚ refresh myself and just use this year to come back stronger.

"I am enjoying my time off but when I come back to the track it will be back to serious business in trying to continue my dominance.

"I am going back to the old Wayde and I will be competing in the 100m‚ 200m‚ 300m and 400m‚” he said‚ dismissing talks that his relationship with rival Isaac Makwala of Botswana is strained.

“We have a great relationship.

"We will continue to push each other to new heights and I am looking forward to getting back to the track and competing with him.”

https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/2018-03-12-wayde-van-niekerk-vows-to-come-back-stronger-from-injury/