Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[juddy96 171]

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

[stefanbg 163]

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! 21]

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.

[juddy96 171]

Andrews has been DQ'd, Musagala of Uganda will take his spot in the 1500m Final

[intoronto 5,677]

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.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

I have so much respect for decathletes

[heywoodu 15,174]

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. 

[heywoodu 15,174]

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  

[hckošice 14,899]

Kolak Croatia on fire

[stefanbg 163]

I know, I know... I just can't get over it...