Athletics 2022 Discussion Thread

[Dragon 1,899]

  On 9/18/2022 at 4:40 PM, heywoodu said:

Insane ending at the Talence Decastar heptathlon  

 

Dutch Emma Oosterwegel has 9 points to defend on Austrian Ivona Dadic in the 800m. Dadic attacks in the last lap and gets a gap of 1-2 seconds, which is enough. Oosterwegel pulls absolutely everything out of it though, and closes the gap back to a little under 0,7 seconds.....the result?

 

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I do not think I have seen that in the recent past  

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https://www.worldathletics.org/disciplines/combined-events/heptathlon

 

"Should athletes end the competition tied on points, then the athlete with the most points in the majority of the events wins. If the tie remains, the athlete with the most points in any one of the events is awarded the win."

 

Or have they changed this rule and not updated the webpage?

[Dragon 1,899]

  On 9/18/2022 at 8:52 PM, Dragon said:

https://www.worldathletics.org/disciplines/combined-events/heptathlon

 

"Should athletes end the competition tied on points, then the athlete with the most points in the majority of the events wins. If the tie remains, the athlete with the most points in any one of the events is awarded the win."

 

Or have they changed this rule and not updated the webpage?

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The answer is yes. They changed this rule but not the webpage

[heywoodu 15,355]

Eliud Kipchoge has gone off very, very strong in Berlin: 28:23 for the first 10k, whereas he posted 29:01 in his world record run in 2018.

[heywoodu 15,355]

On the way to 35km and still 45 seconds or so faster than WR pace.

[heywoodu 15,355]

2:01.09  

[Jinzha 702]

Kipchoge is one of the most inspirational athletes of this age

[Grassmarket 3,630]

Missed this story a couple of days back. WA getting wise to the manipulated results for Olympic qualification scam. You’ll not be surprised at the countries named.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/63011572

[heywoodu 15,355]

Chepngetich starting a tad fast in Chicago.

 

[Vektor 3,326]

300 days to go (hopefully...), tickets will be on sale by the end of November.

 

 

[Federer91 2,904]

Don't know, if people are aware, but i just read this sad news. 

 

Former pole vault star Tim Lobinger has been battling leukemia for a few years and has admitted, that there isn't a way back from this and the end is near. 

 

Names come and go, but i still remember watching him 15-20 years ago. When i first started watching athletics he was one of the most recognizable faces for me. He also started and led Germany's best period ever in the pole vault alongside Bjorn Otto, Danny Ecker, Holzdeppe, Malte Mohr afterwards. A vacuum, that has been severely missed the past years.

 

Tim Lobinger talks about his incurable cancer