Athletics IAAF Continental Cup 2018

[heywoodu 15,319]

De Witte throwing the 4x400m baton right out of her hand  

[bestmen 2,830]

  On 9/9/2018 at 6:13 PM, heywoodu said:

They are. The better your position, the higher the points.

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No, even if you get the WR the max of points will be 8 only  it's injust 

 

 

[heywoodu 15,319]

  On 9/9/2018 at 6:31 PM, bestmen said:

No, even if you get the WR the max of points will be 8 only  it's injust 

 

 

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It's not injustice. It's how a team competition works. It's not a decathlon.

[Quasit 865]

The knock-off system in jumping and throwing event was unfair. For example Vadlejch's best would have been enough for 2nd place (ranked 5th) or Perkovic would have won with her best score. Why was that necessary? To have one from each continent among the best 4? They didn't have that in running events. Most points possible (15) for the Americas in Men's 3,000m, for example.

[dcro 10,210]

  On 9/9/2018 at 6:38 PM, Quasit said:

The knock-off system in jumping and throwing event was unfair. For example Vadlejch's best would have been enough for 2nd place (ranked 5th) or Perkovic would have won with her best score. Why was that necessary? To have one from each continent among the best 4? They didn't have that in running events. Most points possible (15) for the Americas in Men's 3,000m, for example.

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Running is more important because athletics = running, duh!

[heywoodu 15,319]

  On 9/9/2018 at 6:38 PM, Quasit said:

The knock-off system in jumping and throwing event was unfair. For example Vadlejch's best would have been enough for 2nd place (ranked 5th) or Perkovic would have won with her best score. Why was that necessary? To have one from each continent among the best 4? They didn't have that in running events. Most points possible (15) for the Americas in Men's 3,000m, for example.

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Yes, this definitely favoured the weaker throwing continents, like Africa.