Athletics 2020 Discussion Thread

[hckošice 16,641]

4 hours ago, Dragon said:

A joint Czech, Slovak and Croatian championship. A good idea.

It's not so unusual to be honest. 

 

Several sports have their both national championships organized together, such as cycling or gymnastics, or basically the all winter sports except hockey obviously.

 

The Czech and Slovak national road cycling championships for example is well-known also abroad, every year it takes place in a different country, one year it is hosted by Slovakia, the following year by the Czech Republic.

[Gianlu33 6,055]

After a knee injury Kilian Jornet withdraw the record attempt after 11 years. He withdraw at 22.15, with still 13 hours to go

[Grassmarket 4,314]

Very high-powered Marathon & half marathon coming up in Valencia on Sunday.  Details Here

 

https://www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com/maraton/maraton/

[Dragon 2,082]

In the UK Athletics Weekly is celebrating 75 years of publication so got its readers to vote on the best athletes of those 75 years.

The results

 

https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/usain-bolt-tirunesh-dibaba-the-greatest-1039937938/

 

[Monzanator 5,136]

Recency bias like hell in case of Dibaba. But I suppose 99% of those who voted wouldn't even recognize Blankers-Koen on a picture if it wasn't signed.

 

Obviously no chance for the field events

[dcro 10,211]

Tirunesh Dibaba is so random.

[heywoodu 16,468]

10 hours ago, Dragon said:

In the UK Athletics Weekly is celebrating 75 years of publication so got its readers to vote on the best athletes of those 75 years.

The results

 

https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/usain-bolt-tirunesh-dibaba-the-greatest-1039937938/

 

How on earth did Warholm get ahead of Joshua Cheptegei in the athlete of the year award  

[Grassmarket 4,314]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

How on earth did Warholm get ahead of Joshua Cheptegei in the athlete of the year award  

Probably because all Warholm’s feats were on proper TV here whereas most of Cheptegei’s were on obscure streaming.  This is a well-known phenomenon in these kinds of sports polls.

[Wumo 3,035]

Press release about the 2021 Diamond League season

 

https://www.diamondleague.com/news/general/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wdl-2021/

 

"From May to September, 13 series meetings will be staged across 12 different countries in four different continents, with athletes competing for a place in the Wanda Diamond League Final. 

Each meeting will take place in a two-hour TV world programme and will stage 14 Diamond disciplines (events in which athletes compete for Diamond League points). The disciplines featuring in each of the meetings will be announced later this month.

At the end of the 13 meetings, the athletes with the most points in each Diamond discipline will qualify for a place in the WDL Final in Zurich, where all 32 Diamond League Champions will be crowned in a two-day season finale. 

Seven finals will take place as street events in Zurich’s historic city centre on Wednesday, 8th September, with the remaining disciplines held in the Letzigrund Stadium as part of a three-hour world feed programme on the following day. Both days will be broadcasted live on TV.

 

In addition to its commitment to equal prize money for male and female athletes across the series, WDL 2021 will also introduce a new award for outstanding performers in 2021.

A 500,000 USD bonus pot has been set aside for “Best Performing Athletes” -- those who deliver consistent, high-level performances throughout the season. There will be ten award winners in total -- one male and one female athlete respectively in the sprints, hurdles, distance events, jumps and throws.

 

Following a planned reduction in the number of disciplines for 2020, the series returns to a full programme of 32 disciplines in 2021. The triple jump, the discus, the 200m, the 3000m steeplechase and the 5000m will be reinstated.

To better promote the field events in an action-packed two-hour schedule and give them their own stand-alone moments of focus and drama, a qualifying round followed by a final will be introduced for the long jump, triple jump, shot put, javelin and discus. This new format, called The Final 3, will mean that the three athletes with the longest jumps and throws in the qualifying rounds will come together in a final where all previous results will be cleared as they compete for first, second and third place..."

 

[phelps 8,766]

so, one step forward (the reinstated disciplines and the return of the 2-hour format instead of the silly 90-min schedule) and two steps back (that fuc*in' sh*t of the "final-3" in the field events)...