Athletics WA World Championships 2023

[Grassmarket 3,626]

Hope everyone in Asia is excited about their new 400m Hurdles record!  

[OlympicsFan 860]

Coe claimed on german TV that winning a medal in athletics is more difficult than winning a medal in any other olympic sport. What a stupid thing to say ...

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Meanwhile on Eurosport Iwan Thomas is saying he doesn't believe anyone except for Hudson-Smith can be world champion next time. That's quite a thing to say in one of the most open events in athletics  

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 8/24/2023 at 7:53 PM, hckošice said:

what a shock !!!!

 

well, not

 

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Yeah, only a fall or injury (or a crash with those golf cars) could have stopped her from winning this, on quality there was no way anyone was going to beat her. Arguably the most predictable gold of the entire championships  (I forgot the prediction contest, but I assume basically everyone there had the Bol - Little combo )

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Number of top 8 finishes after today:

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  On 8/24/2023 at 8:11 PM, OlympicsFan said:

Number of top 8 finishes after today:

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6 (would have been 8 if Hassan/Bol wouldn't have crashed)

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The Netherlands could finish top 5 in the nations ranking next year, very impressive.

Most impressive european nations:

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  On 8/24/2023 at 8:02 PM, heywoodu said:

Meanwhile on Eurosport Iwan Thomas is saying he doesn't believe anyone except for Hudson-Smith can be world champion next time. That's quite a thing to say in one of the most open events in athletics  

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Indeed, grandpa Hudson-Smith obviously doesn't have as much potential as guys like Ingvaldsen or the jamaican guy, not to mention that Gardiner will probably come back.

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  On 8/24/2023 at 7:49 PM, Rafa Maciel said:

He only started his season last month due to achilies injury and that was just his 4th race of the year so hardly surprising that he didn't have the speed endurance that he needed to run back to back races at a global championship. Absolutely nothing for him to be ashamed of.

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Pathetic performance compared to those of Ingebrigtsen. BBC will hopefully talk nonstop about Burger's embarrassing performance for the next 3 days.

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If you’re including relays, then  has 3 top eight finishes, not 2. 
 

mixed 4x400m

womens 1500m

Women’s 400m

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  On 8/24/2023 at 7:57 PM, Grassmarket said:

Hope everyone in Asia is excited about their new 400m Hurdles record!  

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Probably about as excited as european fans will be if Hughes breaks the 200 m european record.