dcro 10,179 Posted August 13, 2017 #2101 Share Posted August 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Yes, and Arevalo too. Or so that's what my mind has been saying for the past hour Oops. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,924 Posted August 13, 2017 #2102 Share Posted August 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Yeah, never trust Colombians Indeed, I don't like them in athletics (Ibargüen being the sole exception) or cycling, as they're blatant cheaters (of course, within the rules) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoversaBR 281 Posted August 13, 2017 #2103 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Brazil's fourth place in the women's 20km walk and bronze on the men's 20km walk. Years ago I would have thought it impossible that this category was our strongest. thiago_simoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted August 13, 2017 #2104 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Really sickening results in mens race walking. 50 year old Diniz walks the second best time in history and wins by almost 8 minutes. In mens 20 km race walking we had a guy from Russia (self-explanatory why this result is disgusting) and two guys from South America + a no-name from South Africa (also self-explanatory) at the top. If IAAF is really planning to cut race walking from the Olympics, it would be amazing news. The performances of Diniz and Bigot make it impossible to trust any french athletes in London. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,140 Posted August 13, 2017 #2105 Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) Why is the last session scheduled late again... It's the last one, it's on a sunday, there is not a reason why it shouldn't have started earlier like in prior years.. Edited August 13, 2017 by Federer91 dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasit 849 Posted August 13, 2017 #2106 Share Posted August 13, 2017 The schedule overall is certainly one of the thumb-downs this time around. Men's 400m and 800m on the same day... all walking events in one day. Seriously? Stopped watching sports, there are better things in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted August 13, 2017 #2107 Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Federer91 said: Why is the last session scheduled late again... It's the last one, it's on a sunday, there is not a reason why it shouldn't have started earlier like in prior years.. Is it late? I'd say 19.00 is a rather ok time actually...much better than the swimming world championships, where every finals session started at a time when a majority of people would either still be working or just finishing/getting back home. Edited August 13, 2017 by heywoodu thiago_simoes 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted August 13, 2017 #2108 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Although yes, in general scheduling just sucked. Lack of morning sessions meant there were way too many track events (including heats) at night, leading to the field events being shown in a miserable way. Earlier today I heard a BBC commentator call this "maybe the best world championships ever", but I think he has been blind or something, because apart from the presence of a full stadium nearly every time I can't think of a single good thing about these world champs. - Live timing in long events was bad - Scheduling sucked - Field events were shown horribly poor - All walking events in one day I'm sure more things can be added to the list which I forgot now.. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,140 Posted August 13, 2017 #2109 Share Posted August 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Is it late? I'd say 19.00 is a rather ok time actually...much better than the swimming world championships, where every finals session started at a time when a majority of people would either still be working or just finishing/getting back home. It's late here. No, seriously i see no reason why they didn't start an hour or two earlier. The race walks ended a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted August 13, 2017 #2110 Share Posted August 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, Federer91 said: It's late here. No, seriously i see no reason why they didn't start an hour or two earlier. The race walks ended a long time ago. For today they could indeed have done so For the other days (especially Monday-Friday) I'd say this was a very good time. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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