01 May, 2024
The brief career of somersault long jump
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As I have previously written, whenever something revolutionary makes its appearance the international athletics federation (I use this title...
24 April, 2024
The Paris Olympics situation would have been funny if it weren't sad
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I knew that something was amiss with the Games when, while d iscussing with Pierre and Frédéric Gousset , I learned that the two decathlon s...
17 April, 2024
Women fight back
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March 8 was the International Women's Day. And the IOC proudly announced that there will be a full gender parity in the Paris, 2024, Oly...
08 April, 2024
African Games 2023
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I often feel remorse for not publishing anything concerning Athletics in Africa or America. My championships reports are limited to World an...
01 April, 2024
World Indoors 2024: field events
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M. Tentoglou does not like competing in the morning. But in Glasgow he did not have a choice, the men's long jump being scheduled for 10...
24 March, 2024
Meeting Frédéric and Pierre Gousset
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As my faithful readers have certainly noticed I am a great fan of the blog Décapassion . It is quite often a source of inspiration for me, w...
20 March, 2024
World Indoors 2024: track events
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Following the World Indoors was not a walk in the park this year. World Athletics is monetising the event and has added obstacles for people...
10 March, 2024
Welcome to the Enhanced Games
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I have always had the feeling that someday, somebody would do that. And it's here now. Well, to tell the truth, it will be here when the...
01 March, 2024
Soviet Union and the IOC (bonus track of "the amateurism myth")
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Russia was not present in the first modern Olympics in Athens (although they had entered the names of competitors). The first participation ...
20 February, 2024
A fabulous article on French decathletes
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The site Décapassion has just published a great article on French decathletes. I have already written about this superb site due to Frédéri...
13 February, 2024
The inclusion delusion
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Yes, I am going to talk about Caster Semenya again. I hate this subject but I hate even more the fact that people like Semenya are trying to...
01 February, 2024
Women's indoor heptathlon enters the history books
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There have probably been previous organisations of indoor women's heptathlon. And in any case, there have been several regional competit...
20 January, 2024
The benefits of isometric training
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I recently came across an article on the effects of exercise training on blood pressure. I found the idea interesting since the antihyperten...
11 January, 2024
Great news for women's decathlon
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Women's decathlon was officially introduced more than 20 years ago. And, after the initial enthusiasm and two great world records, World...
01 January, 2024
Who is the real winner of the first Olympic Marathon?
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Warning . The subject of this post is delicate. Had a foreigner written about this, I would have found it untoward. But being Greek I consid...
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