Athletics 2019 Discussion Thread

[phelps 7,746]

Just now, heywoodu said:

If I'm gonna start with this I will have to give up sleeping and eating probably, I'm already 15 hours per day short as it is  

 

don't tell me...

and what you see right now it's a good restyling and a significative price drop if compared just to last week (the yearly fee used to be 120 US $, the monthly fee used to be 22 US $/month)...

basically they're trying to get me back with them at all costs...but they won't have me until the new college football season starts in September...

[Dragon 1,887]

 

[Monzanator 4,579]

I hope they pull this through and keep the 20/50 distances. Let's make no mistake, this is driven by the TV deals. They don't want to waste 4 hours of TV window for race walking. They kicked them out of the stadiums for the finish section not to interfere with some random morning heats sessions already and now they want to make the event even more obscure than it is already.

[JoshMartini007 2,554]

While true, I don't see how having a 10km race instead of 50km will get more people to watch it. Most nations don't show race walk unless they have an entrant that is expected to do well or they just want to eat up TV time while waiting for other events to begin.

 

At this point they might as well revert to 3km and 5km races and keep them on the track.

[bestmen 2,829]

yestarday the marathon of London , the BIG BEN  crashed on wall

 

 

[heywoodu 15,253]

4 hours ago, Monzanator said:

I hope they pull this through and keep the 20/50 distances. Let's make no mistake, this is driven by the TV deals. They don't want to waste 4 hours of TV window for race walking. They kicked them out of the stadiums for the finish section not to interfere with some random morning heats sessions already and now they want to make the event even more obscure than it is already.

 

And so we need 30k instead of 50k! 30k will pull in massive numbers of new viewers and save race walking!

 

/sarcasm

 

IAAF  

[Monzanator 4,579]

Excuse me but this is done to more sports than just race walking. False starts that extend the coverage - gone, reduced number of attempts in throwing events (got shot down, remember the move to have only 4 throws post-qualifying?).

[heywoodu 15,253]

2021 cross country worlds will be held at/around the legendary, epic Mount Panorama race track in Bathurst, Australia

https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships/news/2021-world-cross-country-bathurst-australia

[Dragon 1,887]

 

[heywoodu 15,253]

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The selection had been known since March 3rd but the visa application was only filed on March 19th

What kind of amateurs are responsible for that?