Athletics thread 2

[Stell]

As the last one stopped working, I've done a new one.

Well done to Matt Hudson-Smith on breaking the 400m European record, yesterday, at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

I received an email, last week, giving me priority in buying an Anniversary Games ticket for next year's athletics. They decided to keep it at the same price as this year's one. I went there, recently, and found my seat was near the front which was opposite the water jump in the steeplechase.

[Stell]

UK Sport and UK Athletics have announced a bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships. I know Lord Coe, recently said, he would like to see London bid for it again. Jack Buckner, UK Athletics Chief Executive, has indicated London is the preferred venue for it after the success of the 2012 Olympics and the 2017 World Athletics Championships.

[themass15]

That's good news. Jackie and I are going to the meeting in London a week after Wimbledon

[Stell]

I'll be there as well, themass15.

[Stell]

The BBC's Red Button will be showing the European athletics from Rome from 8.30am until 2pm (14.00pm) tomorrow. Then, from 5.30pm (17.30pm) until 10pm (22.00pm).

[cazza99]

Thanks for that Stell. I hadn't realised the athletics was on. I assume they will be showing live on ipllayer. Considering it is a big event it is not even mentioned in the Radio Times.

[cazza99]

Here is the BBC schedule

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[Stell]

It was a late deal done by the BBC, cazza99. I believe the next European athletics championships will be in Birmingham.

[Stell]

Athletic Ventres - a body made up of UK Athletics (UKA), the Great Run company and London Marathon Events - is the new body for us to bid for the 2029 World Athletic Championships. If they get the secure government payment of ?45m, then they'll put in a formal expression of interest to the World Athletics (whose President is Lord Coe) in September.

[Stell]

Sir Mo Farah, Keely Hodgkinson, Dame Kelly Holmes, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Daley Thompson are among the 100 most renowned athletes who have signed a letter to the Prime Minister urging him and the government to back the bid for London to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships. The bidding process is due to begin sometime during the summer.

[Stell]

The 2026 European Athletics championships tickets go on sale later this year. Tickets will be from ?10 per person.

[Stell]

While I was waiting for the athletics to start, last Saturday, it was announced that our government had backed London's bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships. The host city is expected to be announced in September next year.

[Stell]

My name is on the priority list for when next year's European athletics tickets for Birmingham go on sale next Monday.

[Stell]

I was able to buy the tickets.

Mondo Duplantis has broken his own pole vault world record for the 13th time. It now stands at 6.39 metres (20.636 feet).