Athletics 2020 Discussion Thread

[rybak 3,234]

Warholm again missed the World Record

[Grassmarket 3,573]

  On 9/8/2020 at 4:51 PM, rybak said:

Warholm again missed the World Record

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Ryan Crowser also big not quite.

[Olympian1010 8,065]

 

[Gianlu33 4,705]

Italian NR for Crippa in the 5000m

[Nickyc707 382]

  On 9/8/2020 at 4:34 PM, Grassmarket said:

38.56 WL,for Femke Bol in the Ostrava 300m hurdles.

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Pretty meaningless though given how rarely 300m hurdles is run and even more so this year.

[PHI2019 272]

Ernest John Obiena (Philippines) wins the pole vault in Ostrava with a clearance of 5.74 meters. He defeated Renaud Lavillenie on countback.

[MHSN 3,646]

quick question, what was the rule regarding sex verification before IAAF/WA applies this new rule to prevent Semenya ?

 

or in another word, what's the rule in other sports ? where they draw the line that someone is a woman or not ?

[Grassmarket 3,573]

  On 9/10/2020 at 2:54 AM, MHSN said:

quick question, what was the rule regarding sex verification before IAAF/WA applies this new rule to prevent Semenya ?

 

or in another word, what's the rule in other sports ? where they draw the line that someone is a woman or not ?

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Problem is there are no universally agreed rules, each sport must make their own and then defend them in court.

[phelps 7,770]

  On 9/10/2020 at 2:54 AM, MHSN said:

quick question, what was the rule regarding sex verification before IAAF/WA applies this new rule to prevent Semenya ?

 

or in another word, what's the rule in other sports ? where they draw the line that someone is a woman or not ?

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here's a good summary about the history of the "sex verification" issue...

 

and it has quite some obscure and dark sides, too...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_verification_in_sports#:~:text=Chromosome testing was introduced by,during the 1968 Summer Olympics.&text=A resolution was passed at,verification during the Olympic Games".

 

meanwhile this is the full document about the current IOC rules about female hyperandrogenism (which is previous to the last WA rules)...

 

https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Commissions_PDFfiles/Medical_commission/2012-06-22-IOC-Regulations-on-Female-Hyperandrogenism-eng.pdf

[hckošice 15,071]

Miroslav Úradník new WL in the 3000m Race Walk 11:07.21 he beat Matej Tóth 11:22.47 tonight in the PTS meeting in the X-Bionic Sphere Centre in Šamorín