@gebmo.bsky.social@gebmo.bsky.social#Todaysoldtandfvideo. In the #800m at #Munich1972, West Germany's #HildegardFalck breaks away from the pack at the start of the final stretch.
Video: youtu.be/1F5xOmznVIA?...
#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory #Leichtathletik
@gebmo.bsky.social#Todaysoldtandfvideo. Just before #CarlLewis began his reign, Mississippi native #LarryMyricks produced an 8.52m non-A WR at #WorldCup1979.
Video: youtu.be/LqyoAB3IiNY?...
@gebmo.bsky.social#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #AshleySpencer chugs along to take the #NCAA #400m in 50.28, her PB. Busting her chops for second is #ShaunaeMiller, a future two-time Olympic champ.
@gebmo.bsky.socialResults: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Wo...
BBC 27.8.1999: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/w...
Eugene Register-Guard 27.8.1999: news.google.com/newspapers?i...
#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory #IngerMiller #Seville1999
@gebmo.bsky.social#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #IngerMiller claims the only global title of her career with 21.77 at #Seville1999. The win gets under her skin, as evidenced by her wild, all-fours celebration right after the race.
@gebmo.bsky.social#Athleticsliterature. #DerekIbbotson claimed bronze in the #5000m at #Melbourne1956, but failed to make his mark in other major champs. His 1960 biography is rather scarce and might fetch nearly €100 at online auctions.
@gebmo.bsky.socialGlasgow Herald 15.7.1989: news.google.com/newspapers?i...
Eugene Register-Guard 15.7.1989: news.google.com/newspapers?i...
#athletics #athleticshistory #trackandfield #trackhistory #ColinJackson
@gebmo.bsky.social#Todaysoldtandfvideo. The crowd at Crystal Palace roars with delight as UK's own rising hurdle star #ColinJackson crushes Oly champ #RogerKingdom in July 1989. J's 13.11 equals the NR.
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@gebmo.bsky.social#Todaysoldtandfvideo. On this day 70 years ago, #TamaraTyshkevich hurls the iron ball to a WR mark of 16.22 at the URS champs, crushing the #Helsinki1952 winner #GalinaZybina.
@gebmo.bsky.socialOur infamous #trackhistory run is back from summer break. Time to dig into the 1931 #trackandfield season. First up, we're tearing through early U.S. meets—including relay carnivals like Penn and Drake.
Give it a gander: sites.google.com/view/athleti...
@gebmo.bsky.social100 years ago today, Dr. #OttoPeltzer clean bowled both #EdvinWide and #PaavoNurmi in Berlin, smashing the WR for the #1500m. 'The race of all-time!' cried the penny press.
Do have a squiz:
sites.google.com/view/athleti...
@gebmo.bsky.social@gebmo.bsky.social#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #DanWaern and #OlaviSalsola are locked in a shoulder-to-shoulder tussle for the points in the FIN v SWE match 70 ys ago. Digging deep down the home str, Waern edges it by a mere whisker.
Film: areena.yle.fi/1-50242001 -> 2:03
@gebmo.bsky.social#Todaysoldtandfvideo. On this day 40 years ago, #EvelynAshford crushed #HeikeDrechsler in the #200m at Brussels. #DavidColeman commentates for the BBC.
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Ac...