Athletics WA World Championships 2023

[OlympicsFan 860]

Would be great if Germany could replace their 4th runner for the mixed relay final with Krafzik (if they don't get disqualified). The 4th german runner was atrocious.

[hckošice 16,572]

6th in his steeple heat, let see if he can progress by time as LL ... oh wait... no ... because Coe...

 

 

[dullard 744]

It's better without little q.

[heywoodu 16,434]

1 minute ago, hckošice said:

6th in his steeple heat, let see if he can progress by time as LL ... oh wait... no ... because Coe...

 

 

I honestly don't see how this system is worse than the old one with screwing everyone who has the bad luck to be drawn in heat 1 (meaning all later heats can base their pace on that).

Edited August 19, 2023 by heywoodu

[Josh 13,429]

 Sime fails to make the men's 3000m steeplechase final 

[Topicmaster1010 6,351]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

 Sime fails to make the men's 3000m steeplechase final 

Had a wipeout on the last hurdle

[hckošice 16,572]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I honestly don't see how this system is worse than the old one with screwing everyone who has the bad luck to be drawn in heat 1 (meaning all later heats can base their pace on that).

because it do not force you to run faster

[dodge 1,040]

The opening heat in every middle distance race was always slow, and the last heat would gobble up all the fastest loser spots. This new system is a huge, huge improvement 

[Monzanator 5,073]

33 minutes ago, Matteo92 said:

How long will it take to see the timing on screen? 

 

On screen timing has arrived for the 2nd SC heat

 

 

[heywoodu 16,434]

15 minutes ago, hckošice said:

because it do not force you to run faster

It forces you to run a championship kind of race, at a championships  

 

I really do think it is a lot better than the old system. Say heat 1 went in 8:15 in the old system, then in heat 2 they could 'simply' pace themselves to go for 8:10 or something, which is a rather unfair advantage one would get.

Edited August 19, 2023 by heywoodu