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The Sports Desk / Re: Track and Field
Last post by Lods -
I'm not sure what's gone on in that 200m race but just about everyone's run a PB by a couple of tenths.
Murphy's 19.88 was a pb by about 6/10ths
I don't think anyone had him pegged as a sub 20 runner.
Kennedy's in superb form and no doubt would have broken 20 as well but he pulled up sore from the 100m
That tailwind must have chased them around the bend. ???  ???

Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't hear a bit more about this.
The run is a legitimate time and the wind gauge people would be proficient but..

Kennedy 9.96 x 2
Gout 19.67
Murphy 19.88.

No one would have predicted those times being legally run before the race.
It's extraordinary.
I don't think it's a case of 'The Games' scenario where the track was a metre short. :D  :D
But the track has been upgraded and you wonder whether that's giving some assistance above a legitimate level.

It will be interesting to see if the records are ratified.

Countering that is the fact that the Women's times in the 100 and 200 were average so maybe the guys just did have a day out.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Track and Field
Last post by Lods -
Quote from: DJC – on
Some great efforts by the sprinters but it’s very poor that Jess Hull doesn’t get to defend her title.

There should be a process to address the unfair elimination of top performing athletes.

She did win the 5000 today in a pretty emphatic manner.
The talk is that they will look at an alternative selection method for this event in terms of the Comm games.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Track and Field
Last post by DJC -
Some great efforts by the sprinters but it’s very poor that Jess Hull doesn’t get to defend her title.

There should be a process to address the unfair elimination of top performing athletes.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: madbluboy – on
He's the exact same. Great at the ruck contest then terrible after.

Well if there is only 8 people 'better' than him and he's the exact same, then plenty owe him an apology.

I suspect that his work up forward has been the difference between this year and others.

He set himself a pre-season goal to kick 20 goals for the year...he's on track so far.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Last post by LP -
In fairness to Pitto I think he could have done even better, he got into the right spot inside F50 a couple of times only to be spoiled marking by his own team-mates.

It's actually a bad habit we have as a team, we've not yet learned to create space rather than take it from each other, part of being a bunch of F50 newbies.