Athletics WA World Championships 2022

[Monzanator 4,499]

Duplantis 6.21 WR!

[Belle 975]

Mondo 

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

I'm not a fan of athletics, except for pole vault. Duplantis is just unbelievable to watch. He cannot be a human being. It's impossible!

[Griff88 1,952]

41 minutes ago, PHI2019 said:

What relief to see him win the Philippines first world championship medal. Especially after all the troubles he had with the athletics federation 

sport is looking bright for Paris 2024, I hope the higher-ups don't mess with the athlete's preparation

[Monzanator 4,499]

A somewhat underwhelming championships for

 

Four medals including two which nobody really expected from Zdzieblo which artificially boosted the impression value. We still rule the men's hammer but cons outnumber the pros otherwise:

 

Positives: healthy Ennaoui gets 5th place which pretty was in her ceiling on a global stage, Sułek beats 37 year old heptathlon NR and Skrzyszowska =PB which was lost amid insane 100H level.

 

Negatives: No athletes in M shot put and W hammer throw. Swoboda just can't run under 11 secs outdoors. Missing W 4x400 relay final is criminal.

 

Meh: Male pole vaulters are getting old, Andrejczyk can't stay healthy more than one season over a 4-year span (watch her struggle in 2023 again).

 

Facts: Polish discus and high jump is more or less AWOL. It's not as bad as the women's PV post-Rogowska & Pyrek but it's getting there.

 

See ya in Munich next month!

[dullard 699]

🥇🥇🥉 is Australia's second best result after 🥇🥇🥉🥉 in 2009. We're hardly an athletics power. 

[bestmen 2,817]

13 gold for usa LOL 

[heywoodu 15,135]

4 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Amusan  going home $200,000 richer  (assuming it works that way…)

 

Edit: Nevermind, she only gets a meager $100,000 

Enough to buy a couple of new pairs of those super shoes  

 

Who knew it'd be distance running and the hurdles to profit the most from them, not a combination I'd expect  

 

Fantastic race though anyway, didn't hit a single hurdle and it looked like near perfection.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Oh, and Mayer not really getting into further trouble after the early pole vault issue, as expected  

[Belle 975]

1 gold and 2 bronze for Sweden 

 

Sweden need more athletes to perform better. Feels bad that only two guys can do it.