One of soccer's greatest young stars - Erling Haaland - is also a track and field world record holder

The guy is a stud. If you watch highlights of him, he is extremely fast and powerful. He reminds me of Lewandowski as one of the true strikers in the game. BVB Dortmund is asking a 180 million euro transfer fee from the club that signs him. Barca (who can't afford him unless they don't re-sign Messi) and Real Madrid met with him last week. Man City already came out saying they can't afford the asking price. It will be interesting to see where he ends up.

Is standing long jump a track and field event?

I’ve watched a lot of track and field over the years and don’t recall ever seeing this event

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See 1904 Olympics...

I did it in high school as some kind of fitness assessment where we amassed points. Some kind of test.; Found it easier than running long jump for some unknown reason!

I am not sure how great he is if Dortmund is struggling to make the CL. Why would I pay that much if he's only good around good players? Therefore, he is only going to be good at City. And he sucked in Euro qualifiers.

I don't doubt his talent. I just won't be surprised if he ends up being a letdown in the PL.

Two months older older than a certain Jakob, and grew up on the other side of the fjord.

The referenced database is not worldwide - it’s like 50 countries.

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Two months older older than a certain Jakob, and grew up on the other side of the fjord.

Or rather less than a 10k away from the Inges family residence.

Both his mother and grandmother were did sprint and heptathlon. His mother was a coach in the local athletics club.

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I am not sure how great he is if Dortmund is struggling to make the CL. Why would I pay that much if he's only good around good players? Therefore, he is only going to be good at City. And he sucked in Euro qualifiers.

I don't doubt his talent. I just won't be surprised if he ends up being a letdown in the PL.

Dortmund would have been eliminated from the CL already if not for Haaland, and would have no shot of making it again without him.

Look up his stats - he's scoring in the CL at a pace that puts him in the company of the greats.

The kid is a freak and so much fun to watch.

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North London is ... wrote:

I am not sure how great he is if Dortmund is struggling to make the CL. Why would I pay that much if he's only good around good players? Therefore, he is only going to be good at City. And he sucked in Euro qualifiers.

I don't doubt his talent. I just won't be surprised if he ends up being a letdown in the PL.

Dortmund would have been eliminated from the CL already if not for Haaland, and would have no shot of making it again without him.

Look up his stats - he's scoring in the CL at a pace that puts him in the company of the greats.

The kid is a freak and so much fun to watch.

Agreed. They are in the Champion's League Quarter Finals and he is setting a number of records (and teams like Barca, Juve and Manchester United are out), so it is not like they are a non-factor. While goals reflect to an extent on the team as a whole, the kid is a tremendous striker. He converts a far higher percentage of his touches than most in his position. If you were to do a goals above replacement analysis comparison of him against most strikers out there, he would do better. There are only a handful of true strikers out there, and he is among the best of them. Lewandowski is one of the others. One of the funnest games to watch this season was der Klassiker when they went head to head:

He'll be playing for Barcelona this fall

Although, this was the most entertaining game this year in the Copa del Rey tournament:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTNyRPoBpGQ

I don't see it unless Messi is gone. Barca is broke due to COVID.

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Two months older older than a certain Jakob, and grew up on the other side of the fjord.

Or rather less than a 10k away from the Inges family residence.

But born in Leeds, UK

5 year old record. Are you joking!

He should have gone pro though and made a killing on the pushy parent circuit.

Well, with a 180 million Euro transfer fee, he'll presumably be making at least 200 million Euros on his contract alone, making him probably comparable or better to top MLB players in earnings. So, going into soccer pays off just a little more than going into track will for Jakob, who might one day hit a million a year probably at most.

Rojo, I bet they start naming your website. You've done a good job of clean ing this place up. My hypothesis is that big name newspapers were hesitant to name LRC because of the blatant racism, homophobia, xenophobia, et. al. that used to be the primary fare here.

though, with al the anti-vac sentiment, imho you've taken a step back.