126: Australian Distance Running All-Time Performances Competition

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Julian shares some great race videos but opens for debate for how many beers at work is acceptable.

The boys discuss the official decision to postpone Tokyo Olympics to 2021, with the World Athletic Championships in Eugene 2021 moved to 2022, the same year as the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the implications for the athletes for the years ahead.

Listener question of the week asks for sessions for the treadmill in this age of self-isolation and quarantine.

Scott Nicholas joins in for a new segment concept, discussing a head to head contest to determine the Greatest Australian performance list ranked criteria:

Olympic Gold Medal

Olympic Silver Medal

World Record Holder

World Marathon Major win

Olympic Bronze Medal

Commonwealth Games Medal

International Win

Significant performance

Australian Record Holder

64 performances, randomly drawn names to be determined into the best 16. 

The first 16 match-ups are as follows:

Herb Elliott’s Gold 1500m at the 1960 Rome Olympics

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Trevor Vincent’s Gold Medal in the 1962 Perth Steeplechase

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Al Lawrence’s 10000m Bronze at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics 

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Graham Crouch’s 5th place in the 1974 Christchurch Comm Games

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Kate Anderson winning 5000m Gold at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games

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Derek Clayton’s 2:08:34 marathon world record in Antwerp 1969

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Eloise Wellings’s 14:54 5000m in Zurich 2006

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Noel Clough winning silver at the 1966 Kingston Commonwealth Games

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Edwin Flack’s 800m & 1500m Gold Medals at the 1896 Athens Olympics

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