A Column By Matt Lynch

*** Before we get underway, I’d like to revisit Zango the triple jump medallist from Burkina Faso. On further research and advice from avid Doha Diary reader Dr Brian Roe, I should have awarded him the keys to Ouagadougou! https://www.instagram.com/p/B3C0axPIPvN/ The capital of Burkina Faso houses 2.2million people and you better...
Sometimes being an athletics fan is hard. One moment, there’s absolutely nothing happening. Next minute, you don’t know where to look. Tonight, was one of those nights. After watching Solomon, Boden and Carli move on through to the semi’s & Buckingham and Klein make their debuts, there was a good 90min break...
Our land may be girt by sea, but tonight, at approximately 8:20pm, I was girt in a sea of green, as Kelsey-Lee Barber stepped onto the podium to receive her Javelin gold medal. We stood there, arm in arm, and belted out a national anthem that would make Tina Arena...
Tonight, I had some stuff written already because it was going to be a long night and I thought, I can prep some gear and get to bed earlier. But F%$% that, how good was that 400!!!!!! Naser went out like she was shot out of a cannon. Miller-Uibo was in...
Day 9 - Basically, the best night of all-round athletics I’ve ever witnessed. You want a local hero returning to form and thrilling the crowd? Barshim did it all. He literally turned the Khalifa stadium into gridlock. With all the whinging going on about the small crowds, Barshim’s appearance in the...
Holy shot!! Did we all just witness the greatest ever shot-put competition of all time? Yes. Yes, we did. The event began with the longest ever throw at a world championship. Ryan Crouser set the tone with a 22.36, bettering the previous championship record. By the end, that mark was just...
                   

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2022