dullard 437 Posted February 22 #21 Share Posted February 22 Tiny team from Australia: Women (6) 800m - Catriona Bisset 1500m - Linden Hall 3000m - Jessica Hull 60m Hurdles - Michelle Jenneke High Jump - Nicola Olyslagers, Eleanor Patterson Men (1) Pole Vault - Kurtis Marschall https://www.athletics.com.au/news/-glasgow-at-world-athletics-indoor-championships/ Josh and maestro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamingrover86 469 Posted February 23 #22 Share Posted February 23 Team ( just 2 athletes) 6 athletes were eligible to compete but we are sending just 2 Long jump (M) : Jeswin Aldrin ( PB: 8:42m) Triple Jump (M) : Praveen Chithravel (PB : 17:37m) maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted February 23 #23 Share Posted February 23 French team (15 athletes and no relay) https://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.html/html.aspx?htmlid=6756 maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangehair43 177 Posted February 23 #24 Share Posted February 23 Are the world indoors in threat of being axed with such tiny teams? phelps, dullard and heywoodu 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 705 Posted February 23 #25 Share Posted February 23 2 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said: Are the world indoors in threat of being axed with such tiny teams? They’re not abnormally small for most nations. Maybe GB is (particularly as it’s a home event) and the US is but for everyone else it’s pretty much the norm. The fields will likely be the same size Ireland teams 2013 - 3 2014 - 5 2016 - 1 2018 - 5 2022 - 16 (2 relay teams) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EselTheDonkey 697 Posted February 23 #26 Share Posted February 23 German Team (7 Athletes) Men 60m: Aleksandar Askovic (LG Stadtwerke München) High Jump: Tobias Potye (LG Stadtwerke München) Triple Jump: Max Heß (LAC Erdgas Chemnitz) Women High Jump: Christina Honsel (TV Wattenscheid 01) Long Jump: Mikaelle Assani (SCL Heel Baden-Baden) Shot Put: Alina Kenzel (VfB Stuttgart), Yemisi Ogunleye (MTG Mannheim) maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avlar 133 Posted February 23 #27 Share Posted February 23 51 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said: Are the world indoors in threat of being axed with such tiny teams? I do not think so - Olympic season is the reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Linha 477 Posted February 23 #28 Share Posted February 23 Well, it's pretty surprising that some countries send small teams. I mean, in some events, you can get some nice points to the Olympic ranking. In relays, you may not necessarily aim for the medal, but could be a good "competition training" before world relays ...... Additionally, if a country screws up World relays, they have to count on being TOP in the matter of time. And world indoor champs for some might be a great opportunity to even attack a national record or to have a "back up time" in case they screwed up in Bahamas 😄😄 Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,891 Posted February 23 #29 Share Posted February 23 25 minutes ago, Jan Linha said: Well, it's pretty surprising that some countries send small teams. I mean, in some events, you can get some nice points to the Olympic ranking. In relays, you may not necessarily aim for the medal, but could be a good "competition training" before world relays ...... Additionally, if a country screws up World relays, they have to count on being TOP in the matter of time. And world indoor champs for some might be a great opportunity to even attack a national record or to have a "back up time" in case they screwed up in Bahamas 😄😄 well, indoor 4*400m relays are so slow (and the risk of injury in running indoor track events in general is higher compared to regular outdoor meets) that's actually useless to send teams for any purpose that's not the hunt for a medal individual events might be a bit different, as good points in the WR are always up for grabs and it might worth the effort (and the risk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Linha 477 Posted February 23 #30 Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, phelps said: well, indoor 4*400m relays are so slow (and the risk of injury in running indoor track events in general is higher compared to regular outdoor meets) that's actually useless to send teams for any purpose that's not the hunt for a medal individual events might be a bit different, as good points in the WR are always up for grabs and it might worth the effort (and the risk) Well agree to disagree. I don't really see it that way. I know that the track is pretty small and sometimes collision amongst the runners especially during the baton exchange might lead a bad fall with an ugly injury, but the performances are actually quite good. Let's see what the teams in Glasgow perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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