Seat68 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Chindie said: The brief clip of the long jump made me realise that I'd never seen anyone come anywhere near a record in my memory. And it's true, the record is over 30 years old. And the triple jump I actually remember being set by Jonathan Edwards, but that's nearly 30 years ago. And high jump has stood for 30 years as well. We may have peaked in respect of jumping. Other long standing records, women's 800m, which I believe everyone thinks is probably drug assisted, has stood for 40 years and even Semenya couldn't beat it, hammer throw has stood since the mid 80s and nobody has come near it and again questions over drugs, javelin since 96... I read the long jump has stood since the late 60s. But thats from memory so could be wrong. Edited August 6 by Seat68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 3 minutes ago, Chindie said: 800m, which I believe everyone thinks is probably drug assisted, Just a tad...maybe.....could be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 1 minute ago, Seat68 said: I read the long jump has stood since the late 60s. But thats from memory so could be wrong. 1991, the epic Lewis - Powell duel. That was some jumping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 2 minutes ago, Tegis said: 1991, the epic Lewis - Powell duel. That was some jumping At least Carl Lewis has some chemical help to get where he got. Failed a number of test before the 84 Olympics but that got swept under the rug. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 The steeplechase is a stupid event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 Just now, sne said: At least Carl Lewis has some chemical help to get where he got. Failed a number of test before the 84 Olympics but that got swept under the rug. Everything from the 80s should be scratched. Not a clean person among them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 10 minutes ago, Chindie said: The brief clip of the long jump made me realise that I'd never seen anyone come anywhere near a record in my memory. And it's true, the record is over 30 years old. And the triple jump I actually remember being set by Jonathan Edwards, but that's nearly 30 years ago. And high jump has stood for 30 years as well. We may have peaked in respect of jumping. Other long standing records, women's 800m, which I believe everyone thinks is probably drug assisted, has stood for 40 years and even Semenya couldn't beat it, hammer throw has stood since the mid 80s and nobody has come near it and again questions over drugs, javelin since 96... I can still remember seeing Bob Beamon breaking the world long jump record by an astonishing 55cm in 1968. That stood for 23 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Tegis said: Everything from the 80s should be scratched. Not a clean person among them Yup. Think it was Bush jr that changed it so that the NCAA started reporting failed doping tests to USADA (still highly dubious organization) and not just to the school the athlete was training at (the ones who likely provided the chemicals in most instances) Edit: And that information wasn't released to the rest of the world anyway. Edited August 6 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 13 minutes ago, Tegis said: Just a tad...maybe.....could be Now now that's just a lot of B12. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 This big entrance thing is **** wank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 Hard reset in the sprints without the jamaicans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 32 minutes ago, Tegis said: Everything from the 80s should be scratched. Not a clean person among them I wouldn't presume everyone is clean now. There's always new advancements. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 Just now, TreeVillan said: I wouldn't presume everyone is clean now. There's always new advancements. Oh most certainly not, but the industrial scale of it in the 80s was a sight to behold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 1 minute ago, TreeVillan said: I wouldn't presume everyone is clean now. There's always new advancements. Big nations are always a couple steps ahead. It's the athletes from smaller/poorer nations who get caught using previous gen substances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 2 minutes ago, TreeVillan said: I wouldn't presume everyone is clean now. There's always new advancements. Yep, the yanks athletics have a whole team of drs dedicated to substances that haven't been banned yet, control what they can and cant take 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted August 6 Popular Post Share Posted August 6 That looked a pretty disgusting decision in the Boxing , Richardson clearly won that 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 2 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: That looked a pretty disgusting decision in the Boxing , Richardson clearly won that I always get the impression that whoever gets the majority of the post round replay footage is usually the chosen one (and not because they actually dominated the round). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 14 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Yep, the yanks athletics have a whole team of drs dedicated to substances that haven't been banned yet, control what they can and cant take For sure, Russia for example take all the punishment (probably because they're public enemy number one at the moment) but they're not doing anything that the US or China haven't been doing at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 State organized doping = bad. Corporate organized doping = It's complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDR V2 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 I'm getting really annoyed with BBC coverage, too much nattering about shite. Barely showing anything from the field events then skimming over them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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