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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 28, 2019 15:10:13 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 28, 2019 15:10:26 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49860159World champion decathlete Kevin Mayer says holding the World Athletics Championships in Doha is a "disaster". The championships started on Friday but 28 runners dropped out of the women's marathon because of 32C temperatures even though it was held at midnight. Crowds in the Khalifa International Stadium have so far been sparse. "We can all see it's a disaster, there is no-one in the stands, and the heat has not been adapted at all," the French world record holder, 27, said. "There have already been nearly 30 withdrawals in the women's marathon. It's sad. "We have to leave reason aside and more concentrate on the passion, because if not I would have boycotted these championships. "We haven't really prioritised athletes when organising the championships here. It makes it difficult."
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 28, 2019 15:12:27 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 28, 2019 15:13:58 GMT
Men's 100m final at 8.15pm UK Time.
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Post by orlandogardner on Sept 29, 2019 12:11:38 GMT
I missed yesterdays action as I had to work. Those marathon drop out stats are awful. I think the conditions bode favorably for the field athletes. Warm, calm conditions will suit them greatly. However, for every running event over 400m its gotta be pretty bad to compete in. Having the World Cup in this neck of the woods looks an even more awful decision than I had already thought. I should see pretty much all the rest of the events. The mens 400m hurdles should be a real humdinger of an event this time round. I love championship athletics.  |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 29, 2019 12:50:08 GMT
I missed yesterdays action as I had to work. Those marathon drop out stats are awful. I think the conditions bode favorably for the field athletes. Warm, calm conditions will suit them greatly. However, for every running event over 400m its gotta be pretty bad to compete in. Having the World Cup in this neck of the woods looks an even more awful decision than I had already thought. I should see pretty much all the rest of the events. The mens 400m hurdles should be a real humdinger of an event this time round. I love championship athletics. The temps inside the stadium are supposed to be tolerable due to a state of the art cooling system. However some athletes have been saying it isn't very effective. Coleman won the 100m in 9.76s last night. He goes 6th on the all-time list. I was surprised Gatlin managed 9.89s - he took silver. Couple of drug cheats? Well, Gatlin certainly is and Coleman's missed drug tests look very dodgy.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 29, 2019 13:40:02 GMT
Hell in 50km walk! Portugal's Joao Vieira defied "hell" in the 50km walk in Doha to become the oldest person to win a medal in World Championship history. The 43-year-old took silver behind Japan's Yusuke Suzuki as the heat continued to hamper athletes. "For me, it was hell - very, very hot," Vieira said. "How did I cope? Just a lot of ice and cold water." On Friday, 28 runners withdrew from the women's marathon because of 32C temperatures despite a midnight start. Vieira criticised the 23:30 start time after finishing the race in four hours four minutes 59 seconds. "That's the time to leave a nightclub. I usually go to sleep at 10 o'clock in the evening," said Vieira, who added to the 20km bronze medal he won at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. The Netherlands' Troy Douglas was the previous oldest medallist, winning bronze in the 4x100m relay in 2003 aged 40 and 274 days. French world champion decathlete Kevin Mayer has said that holding the event in Qatar was a "disaster" for athletes because of the heat and humidity. Track and field athletes will be aided by an air-conditioned stadium which reduces the temperature to 23C, but the marathon and walking races are held outside the arena. Following criticism, athletics world governing body IAAF said it took extra precautions for the 50km walking races by increasing the number of refreshment points and the presence of medical staff. In the men's race, 14 walkers dropped out from a field of 46 as Canada's Evan Dunfee took bronze. Four were disqualified, including Britain's Cameron Corbishley and Dominic King. Six of 24 competitors did not finish the women's 50km race, which started at the same time. China's Liang Rui won gold in 4:23:26 ahead of compatriot Li Maocuo and Italian Eleonora Anna Giorgi. Organisers said they moved the start time of the women's 20km race walk on Sunday from 23:30 to 23:59 to "attain the best possible conditions for athletes". The temperature at midnight is expected to be 28C. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49868920 |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 29, 2019 19:37:57 GMT
Moronic BBC coverage. No reason for them not to show the women's pole vault conclusion live.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Sept 29, 2019 20:31:58 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 30, 2019 14:17:01 GMT
Yvette Lalova-Collio has a great ass.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 16:44:11 GMT
The competitors are panning this comp as rubbish.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 30, 2019 17:08:30 GMT
The competitors are panning this comp as rubbish. Crowds are tiny, alas. Hope it’s not a foretaste of what the WC 2022 will be like.
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Post by orlandogardner on Sept 30, 2019 18:37:19 GMT
Moronic BBC coverage. No reason for them not to show the women's pole vault conclusion live. Fuckin' atrocious. Just so they could focus the camera on the UK mixed 4x400m team. Then you could actually hear the stadium announcer announce the fuckin' pole vault result. The only good thing about the BBC coverage is MJ keeping the UK propaganda machine in check. Jacob Ingebrigtsen beaten. Edris is awesome.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 30, 2019 19:28:16 GMT
Lasitskene is my favourite athlete!
Can't believe Mahuchikh decided not to go on after 2.04m though. Crazy!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 30, 2019 19:58:04 GMT
Great night of athletics.
Shame there was no record in the 400m hurdles.
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Post by orlandogardner on Sept 30, 2019 20:03:14 GMT
Lasitskene is my favourite athlete! Can't believe Mahuchikh decided not to go on after 2.04m though. Crazy! Yeah, she's a class act. Weird from Mahuchikh alright. Athletes can have a very short shelf life and opportunities like that may not come around that often. She seemed well chuffed with the silver though.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 30, 2019 21:17:23 GMT
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Post by Zos on Oct 1, 2019 9:20:44 GMT
I assume that like the World Cup there was a fair and balanced voting system that lead to this disaster.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2019 9:27:47 GMT
I assume that like the World Cup there was a fair and balanced voting system that lead to this disaster. FIFA gotta be stressing now that the next world cup is gonna be a flop played in half empty grounds. |
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Post by Zos on Oct 1, 2019 16:32:16 GMT
I assume that like the World Cup there was a fair and balanced voting system that lead to this disaster. FIFA gotta be stressing now that the next world cup is gonna be a flop played in half empty grounds. Doubt they care. They got the backhanders and the TV deals. That's a.ll that counts these days. The immigrants dying whilst they build the stadia amid terrible working and living conditions are a minor inconvenience also. Not even worth commenting on.
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