Aussie Deng breaks almost 50 year old 800m record

I only consider Aboriginals to be real Australians.

vivalarepublica wrote:

I only consider Aboriginals to be real Australians.

+1

So all US records are really Euro or African records? Help me out here.

dfkljl;dkfdkf wrote:

So all US records are really Euro or African records? Help me out here.

Only if they are faster than the other Euros or Africans from over there.

William MF Mills wrote:

dfkljl;dkfdkf wrote:

So all US records are really Euro or African records? Help me out here.

Only if they are faster than the other Euros or Africans from over there.

What ethnicity is Mark Nenow? He might still be holder of a national record. Would this mean Ritzenhein is the national record holder of Germany?

Good on him. With that little mix-up that occurred in front of him that forced him to go out wider and mess up his rhythm, could he have gone quicker?

Yeah, and that France soccer team looked French?

dfghjkl wrote:

Yeah, and that France soccer team looked French?

Afirca won the World Cup.

Great run from Deng. Lost a fair bit of momentum on the final turn as well so I think he's better than the record suggests. Excited to see how he goes in the next few years!

turkey heaven wrote:

Great run from Deng. Lost a fair bit of momentum on the final turn as well so I think he's better than the record suggests. Excited to see how he goes in the next few years!

I think if he isn't slowed at 150m he breaks 1:44! Well done to his coach and his gradual progression!

I'm pretty sure Peter Snell's time on grass was a way better performance.

Subway Surfers wrote:

I'm pretty sure Peter Snell's time on grass was a way better performance.

No disrespect intended, still bloody good. Congrats to LRC 800m super coach JRinaldi, now an area record holding coach.

Subway Surfers wrote:

I'm pretty sure Peter Snell's time on grass was a way better performance.

Well Snell was a man before his time and at 20 Joseph has a big future. His coach has done a brilliant job and with consistency and good hard work he is someone who may be one to watch at Tokyo 2020.

Now to run through the heats and get to the final that will be the big challenge for him and his support crew.

As Johnny Grey said about Donovan Brazier without volume you can't be a championship contender.

Good luck to him and I hope he raises the bar for Aussie men in this event.

vivalarepublica wrote:

I only consider Aboriginals to be real Australians.

The problem is you're not joking, are you?

So the Kenyans are holding 800m World/Africa record, European record, Asian record, and now Oceania record.

When will a Kenyan come to break the American record?

weetbix wrote:

Subway Surfers wrote:

I'm pretty sure Peter Snell's time on grass was a way better performance.

Well Snell was a man before his time and at 20 Joseph has a big future. His coach has done a brilliant job and with consistency and good hard work he is someone who may be one to watch at Tokyo 2020.

Now to run through the heats and get to the final that will be the big challenge for him and his support crew.

As Johnny Grey said about Donovan Brazier without volume you can't be a championship contender.

Good luck to him and I hope he raises the bar for Aussie men in this event.

It's a shame that his coach, who is clearly one of the best in the world, is a believer in the Kenyan superiority myth, and handpicked TWO Kenyan refugee kids 'as the next Rudishas' to put all his coaching efforts into. A tiny continent that produced Doubell and Snell running similar times 50 years ago (Snell's 1.44.1 on grass would probably be 1.41 at Monaco) can surely produce similar runners today.

When Australia and New Zealand were dominating the middle-and long distance medal tables in the manner Kenya does today, they likely had a smaller proportion of the world's population. Oh and they were winning medals in dozens of other sports at the same time, not to mentioning dominating Rugby Union, Rugby League, tennis, cricket...and wasting countless athletic talent in meaningless garbage like Aussie Rules.

Coevett wrote:

A tiny continent that produced Doubell and Snell running similar times 50 years ago (Snell's 1.44.1 on grass would probably be 1.41 at Monaco) can surely produce similar runners today.

When Australia and New Zealand were dominating the middle-and long distance medal tables in the manner Kenya does today, they likely had a smaller proportion of the world's population. Oh and they were winning medals in dozens of other sports at the same time, not to mentioning dominating Rugby Union, Rugby League, tennis, cricket...and wasting countless athletic talent in meaningless garbage like Aussie Rules.

WTH is that sport, it (Aussie Rules) makes no sense at.

aussie rules football

South Sudan is Kenyan as Canada is the US