Miscellaneous
Dual Australian record holder Linden Hall joins Sean and Tim for another big episode of Down the Track. October 9th is now officially Peter Norman day, and a big collection of dignitaries, athletics royalty and Peter’s family gathered at Lakeside Stadium for the unveiling of his statue which stands proudly outside Gate 1. DTT caught up with Peter’s daughter Janita and we discuss the legacy of the man and change in attitudes over time that now see him as a figure globally honoured and respected. It was with sadness that our sport recently lost John Higham. A multiple Australian champion, Commonwealth Games medallist and active administrator at local, state and national level, John was a large figure in the sport of athletics and will be greatly missed. Recently returned from her campaign that culminated in the World Championship 1500m in Doha, Linden Hall chats about her season and provides great insight into the ups and downs of life on the athletic circuit. After a busy few weeks that included a number of high profile events, there were certainly plenty of results to chew over. Domestically the Melbourne Marathon went to a new level setting an Australian record for marathon participation, with the Half Marathon, 10km and 5km also being sell out events. On the same weekend Chicago played host to Brigid Kosgei’s world best in the marathon, taking a sizeable chunk off Paula Radcliffe’s previous world best set in 2003. The INEOS Breaking 2 project attracted worldwide attention and conversation around this, Kosgei’s record, shoe technology and some wash up from the Nike Oregon Project form the basis of our hot topics. AVSL is now three rounds down so we look into the ladders and highlight some individual performances of note. For all the latest in the world of Athletics Victoria, tune in to Down the Track. Timeline 0:00:00 to 0:01:20 Intro and welcome Sean and Linden to Episode 28 0:01:21 to 0:10:05 Unveiling of the Peter Norman Statue and vale John Higham 0:10:06 to 0:38:37 Spotlight on Linden Hall 0:38:38 to 1:01:05 Results wrap – Melbourne Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Toronto Marathon and the APS finals. 1:01:06 to 1:12:48 Hot Topics 1:12:49 to 1:25:16 AVSL wrap of team ladders and standout individual performances from the first three rounds. We also go through the events coming up in Victoria 1:25:17 to 1:27:37 Episode wrap