Athletics WA World Championships 2023

[Vektor 3,325]

Venues are expensive, it is what it is. They made the perfect sized stadium for these Worlds with temporary seats in the upper level and it still cost a fortune. 

[Adriano 590]

3 minutes ago, Vektor said:

Venues are expensive, it is what it is. They made the perfect sized stadium for these Worlds with temporary seats in the upper level and it still cost a fortune. 

But love this stadium, without tickets near Hammer throw I could watch  Hammer throw. Love Hungary

 

[LDOG 2,418]

How is the hungarian economy sustained? These are middle east levels of investment in sport events without oil (that I know of).

[Grassmarket 3,362]

4 minutes ago, LDOG said:

How is the hungarian economy sustained? These are middle east levels of investment in sport events without oil (that I know of).

Paprika monopoly.

[rafalgorka 1,509]

Hanging around Budapest right now and just bumped info Mr. Ethan Katzberg celebrating his gold tonight with a nice glass of beer 😉Photos too big to upload here unfortunately. But very nice of him to allow to interrupt him and take a photo together. This guy is cool!

Edited August 20, 2023 by rafalgorka

[owenp_23 564]

Points Table after Day 2

 

(10-8-6-5...)

 

1. 69

2. 35

3. 25

 

Spoiler

4. 24 5. 23 t6. 18 t6. 18 8. 14 9. 11 t10. 10 t10. 10 t10. 10 13. 9 t14. 8

t14. 8 t14. 8 t14. 8 t14. 8 19. 7 t20. 6 t20. 6 t20. 6 t23. 5 t23.   5 t23. 5

t23. 5 t23. 5 t28. 4 t28. 4 t30. 3 t30. 3 t32. 2 t32. 2 t32. 2 t32. 2 t32. 2

 

 

Edited August 20, 2023 by owenp_23

[Olympian1010 7,946]

14 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Pretty emphatic victory for the Good Virgin Islands  over the Evil Virgin Islands  in the 400m hurdles there.

Let’s play a round of women’s basketball then 

[Olympian1010 7,946]

9 hours ago, Triplecast said:

 

Kerley just said on US TV that s*it happens and he f*cked up but he's healthy and life goes on. 

NBC really did a full-on inquisition with that interview though. I mean…making the guy re-watch the race on a monitor and narrate where it went wrong seems like a step too far to me. Athletes are still people as much as pundits/fans want them to be robots.

 

Bottom line, it isn’t how I conduct interviews. 

[Olympian1010 7,946]

8 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Maybe try writing something on twitter? Over here it worked during Tokyo OG or Eugene WCh that our lead commentator apologized on air for his mistakes after several twitter users mocked his errors

Never heard of it 

[Monzanator 4,459]

6 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

Women's long jump: Pretty weak behind Spanovic. Insane that she peaks at such an old age. Mihambo shouldn't lose too much sleep over this. Iapichino was a massive letdown. Luzolo for sure had the chance to finish top 6, but sadly she couldn't even replicate her performance from prelims.

Women's heptathlon: Pretty low level for bronze. Right now Thiam, KJT and Hall look like the clear favorites for the medals next year, but maybe someone else can step up and get to 6700-6800 points. Weißenberg would have won bronze with 6.40 m in the long jump.

Men's hammer throw: Insane that Katzenberg improved by 12 m in 2 years ... i wish Germany would some day find an athlete with such a rate of improvement.

Heike Drechsler was winning gold medals at 36 so it's not that insane - especially that Vuleta still has Paris OG on her mind.

 

Germany had their golden era in the throwing field events - but the overall German athletics has regressed badly once the last athletes who remember the 1990s training programmes retired.