Athletics WA World Championships 2022

[Grassmarket 3,408]

Just now, Monzanator said:

McBride knocked down in 800m heats.

Serves him right. He started the fight, lost the fight.

[Monzanator 4,502]

Yeah, he pushed the American away and then fell over someone else's heels

[Grassmarket 3,408]

Ah no, it was  Tual who started the dominoes falling.

 

Going to take a while to fix, appeal & counter-appeal. 

[Monzanator 4,502]

Kramer stumbled three times in ten meters and that was his race done. It would almost be better if he fell and tried an appeal?

 

Kramer actually gets in as one of FL.

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

22 hours ago, LuizGuilherme said:

So happy for Alison, its just the second brazilian to win a Gold medal at the words after Fabiana Murer in 2011

I only ask this out of ignorance about this sport, but wasn't this supposed to be a much bigger number? What's going on?

Take artistic gymnastics, for example: not a cheap sport at all, and Brazil more often than not walks away from the World Championships with a medal. In the last 16 editions, Brazil got 16 medals, with 1 medal per WC in average. Usually, there are 14 events, with WCs the year after the Olympics only supporting 12 events.

In athletics, we are nowhere close this number and there are way more events. 

[Monzanator 4,502]

Bin Feng 69.12 to lead the discus after first round.

[Grassmarket 3,408]

13 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

I only ask this out of ignorance about this sport, but wasn't this supposed to be a much bigger number? What's going on?

Take artistic gymnastics, for example: not a cheap sport at all, and Brazil more often than not walks away from the World Championships with a medal. In the last 16 editions, Brazil got 16 medals, with 1 medal per WC in average. Usually, there are 14 events, with WCs the year after the Olympics only supporting 12 events.

In athletics, we are nowhere close this number and there are way more events. 

Successful athletics nations are built around sporting dynasties & coaching traditions. So Jamaica always has strong sprinters, Kenya strong middle-distance runners, the USA great 400m runners, Poland big muzhik heavy throwers etc etc.  You don’t get consistent success with one good long jumper, one 4x100m team, one good hurdler. 

[Monzanator 4,502]

Women's 400m SF completed. New PB for Cofil 50.14, new NR for Klaver 50,18.

 

Miller-Uibo 49.55, Paulino 49.98 and Williams 50.12 the three fastest.

 

Anna Kielbasinska makes the final as LL with 50.65!

[Monzanator 4,502]

Men's 400m final could be very close. Norman & Hudson-Smith had fastest times in SF but the rest was basically covered by 0,25 secs.

[Mkbw50 438]

Wow, Allman losing is a big shock