Athletics 2020 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,135]

11 minutes ago, dcro said:

Meh, that's now a global event every year. They really should have left something for the continents to have...

 

Nah, only in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, then we go back to normal  

 

Personally I quite like it, more world championships and less of the continental championships that often feel a bit depleted anyway.

Edited March 30, 2020 by heywoodu

[dcro 10,210]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Nah, only in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, then we go back to normal  

 

Personally I quite like it, more world championships and less of the continental championships that often feel a bit depleted anyway.

 

Yeah, good luck in remembering who won which edition.

[heywoodu 15,135]

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Yeah, good luck in remembering who won which edition.

I can barely remember that anyway even if I've watched every single final live, nothing changes for me there  

 

The previous Olympics are a little over two years ago and with most events - even though I've seen them - I'm gonna need Wikipedia to know who won.

Edited March 30, 2020 by heywoodu

[Grassmarket 3,404]

5 hours ago, heywoodu said:

 

Nah, only in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, then we go back to normal  

 

Personally I quite like it, more world championships and less of the continental championships that often feel a bit depleted anyway.

The Worlds really meant something when it was every four years, and in the era of Olympic boycotts.  Now....well I guess it keeps lots of the smaller federations afloat with TV money.

[Jur 683]

 I just realized taht all of this means we get an extra year of 50km race walking 

[Olympian1010 7,971]

There isn’t many bright sides to sport being cancelled for presumably a year, but 2022 is going to be f***ing epic!

 

[dcro 10,210]

Jesus Angel Garcia will not retire yet.

[Bearas 521]

Racewalker  Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė, who also qualified for Tokyo, successfully recovered from coronavirus

[Gianlu33 4,552]

 

 

[Olympian1010 7,971]

Just now, Gianlu33 said:

 

 

Just came here to post this