World Athletics Championships (Potential Spoilers)

Merlin5 · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:00

Team GB women 4 x 400m relay get silver. Congrats!

Pigeon_Killer · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:01

Cameraman needs shooting though.

zophiel · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:01

was a good run that, usa always were going to win but it was anyones for silver and bronze.

just watching the replay, they do look like they needed a bit more handover practice it was super slow.

Merlin5 · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:19

I'm glad Eilidh Doyle wasn't the starting runner. Don't think they'd have done so well.

BuffetSlayer · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:20

Calpol said:
Sorry, but I don't think thats right. Semenya should not be racing vs women. Controversial I know but thats my opinion.

I agree. Its turning an unusual natural phenomenon into acceptable norm. The only hope anyone has is to field athletes with the same physical phenomenon to battle it out. Kind of makes most female athletes redundant though.

I think the IAAF should make a stand. This is just an example of political correctness ruining sport. If she was seeing these kinds of performance advantages from doping she would be banned.

Merlin5 · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:24

Bronze!

Pigeon_Killer · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:25

That'll do nicely

zophiel · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:30

a good result there for the men too. season best result for a bronze is good.

Pigeon_Killer · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:39

Why does Johnson not work for one of the big American networks? He's an outstanding commentator and pundit and has the history on the track to back up everything he says.

zophiel · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:43

bbc pay more and athletics are not really a recognised sport in america, its a minority event. its way down the list after NFL, NBA, Baseball, Nascar etc

Merlin5 · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:50

zophiel said:
athletics are not really a recognised sport in america, its a minority event. its way down the list after NFL, NBA, Baseball, Nascar etc

Michael Johnson just confirmed what you said. That amazes me though. You'd think with all the great athletes USA produces and the excitement of sprinting that it would be a major spectacle for them.

marc2003 · 13 Aug 2017 at 21:59

I'm off to bed now. Wake me up when the Commonwealth games start.

BuffetSlayer · 13 Aug 2017 at 22:02

I think it boils down to salary. People with athletic ability and skill can get paid more playing other sports. Bolt has had a relentless marketing machine behind him and is worth a fortune but he is an exceptional case in athletics.

Merlin5 · 13 Aug 2017 at 22:29

Does anyone think Bolt would have won Jamaica the 4 x100 if he didn't pull that hamstring?

marc2003 · 13 Aug 2017 at 22:34

Doubt it. He couldn't catch Coleman in the individual 100m race and Coleman couldn't even catch our guy.

Pigeon_Killer · 13 Aug 2017 at 22:34

Nope. He's lost that initial burst of acceleration so he can't get up to full speed as quick as he once could. The 100m proved he still has the overall speed as he started to come back at Coleman and Gatlin, even after a woful start, but the 100m is just too short for him to excel at now.

Begs the question, as someone mentioned above, why he didn't run the 200m because he would've won that imo.

Merlin5 · 13 Aug 2017 at 22:38

Good points. But Bolt might have got his mojo working last night and snatched victory. But we'll never know.

Yeah, it was me asking why he didn't run the 200m.

marc2003 · 14 Aug 2017 at 08:52

So Laura Muir is going to miss the Commonwealth games because of her exams...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40917946

I'd have thought she could get special permission to do them earlier/later but I guess this is something she's treating as more important.

jonneymendoza · 14 Aug 2017 at 10:31

LoadsaMoney said:
Gold for GB!

Lmao @ Bolt!

wtf is funny about that?

FTM · 14 Aug 2017 at 11:17

Pigeon_Killer said:
Why does Johnson not work for one of the big American networks? He's an outstanding commentator and pundit and has the history on the track to back up everything he says.

he could do voiceover work for allsorts not just athletics