juddy96 171 Posted August 19, 2016 #1101 Share Posted August 19, 2016 5 minutes ago, heywoodu said: As expected, the women's javelin final has the level of a youth tournament basically. And yet Viljoen, Mitchell, and Spotakova are all in their 30's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanbg 155 Posted August 19, 2016 #1102 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Semenya and Wambui... athletics needs new rules to filter these out. Is this how IAAF wants athletics to develop? Also sick of Bahrain, Turkey, Spain and Italy teams. GoHungary! and intoronto 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoHungary! 21 Posted August 19, 2016 #1103 Share Posted August 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, stefanbg said: Semenya and Wambui... athletics needs new rules to filter these out. Is this how IAAF wants athletics to develop? Also sick of Bahrain, Turkey, Spain and Italy teams. Exactly my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddy96 171 Posted August 19, 2016 #1104 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Andrews has been DQ'd, Musagala of Uganda will take his spot in the 1500m Final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,527 Posted August 19, 2016 #1105 Share Posted August 19, 2016 9 minutes ago, stefanbg said: Semenya and Wambui... athletics needs new rules to filter these out. Is this how IAAF wants athletics to develop? Also sick of Bahrain, Turkey, Spain and Italy teams. Well not the IAAF's fault. They did filter it out but the CAS overuled them... which is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,859 Posted August 19, 2016 Author #1106 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I have so much respect for decathletes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,663 Posted August 19, 2016 #1107 Share Posted August 19, 2016 11 minutes ago, stefanbg said: Semenya and Wambui... athletics needs new rules to filter these out. Is this how IAAF wants athletics to develop? Also sick of Bahrain, Turkey, Spain and Italy teams. The problem is that it's a very delicate matter. It's not as simple as "ban all of them from competing", but the current situation isn't good neither. I hope Semenya runs something like 1:52 in the final, because maybe, just maybe, that would serve as a wake-up call that something is going wrong. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,663 Posted August 19, 2016 #1108 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Wow, everyone is putting up an atrocity of a javelin final, but then there's young Sara Kolak throwing 66.18 Well, it's not a big distance...but the best so far If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,339 Posted August 19, 2016 #1109 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Kolak Croatia on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanbg 155 Posted August 19, 2016 #1110 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I know, I know... I just can't get over it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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