Athletics WA World Championships 2025

[heywoodu 16,459]

5 hours ago, copravolley said:

By the way, who would you prefer: one Duplantis or 3x Fabbri or Battocletti?

Definitely the 3x Fabbri or Battocletti, since I'd much rather see my favourite country being strong in a variety of events than having one single superstar.

 

Which is not in any way negative towards Duplantis, obviously, but if these are the two options, that's the choice I'd make  

[heywoodu 16,459]

4 hours ago, phelps said:

actually, they want to set it at 0.080 

That's at least better than 0.1, since yes, there are people who can react faster than that.

 

I'm still in favour of the most honest system though: if you do not leave before the gun goes, your start is valid, no matter if it's 1 second after the gun or 0,001 seconds after the gun - after the gun is after the gun. And yes, people are going to take extra risks then, that's up to them.

[heywoodu 16,459]

4 hours ago, phelps said:

I don't know if it's already been written here or elsewhere (don't want to search for it through hundreds of forum pages)

 

a few days ago World Athletics made it official: the mixed 4*100m relay from now until at least Los Angeles (2028) included will be run with the format M/W/M/W, just like the mixed 4*400m

 

so, there will be 2 very complicated male-to-female exchanges instead of 1 (if they held the initial format M/M/W/W or viceversa)

Yeah, for the 4x100m it's more of a problem to have it like this. I also don't really mind what exactly the order is, as long as it's a fixed one in which everyone has the same. I also like what I believe they have in biathlon: one week it's MMWW, the next week it's WWMM, so it's not like countries with a superbly finishing man or woman always have an advantage (which is of course more relevant in biathlon than in a 4x400, but still, it's also just fair to give both men and women chances to finish the race and have a shot at that big final 'glory').

Edited September 13, 2025 by heywoodu

[copravolley 639]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Definitely the 3x Fabbri or Battocletti, since I'd much rather see my favourite country being strong in a variety of events than having one single superstar.

 

Which is not in any way negative towards Duplantis, obviously, but if these are the two options, that's the choice I'd make  

I prefer Dutch model for speed skating: big stars + many other strong skaters

Edited September 13, 2025 by copravolley

[Josh 13,434]

4 hours ago, copravolley said:

If you think Nadal, Alcaraz or Pogacar are clean, then congratulations on your naivety, but this is not the topic for such a discussion.

I’m not saying Sinner is, but they are though. 

[copravolley 639]

12 minutes ago, Josh said:

I’m not saying Sinner is, but they are though. 

Some funny Croatian user is simply coming here with such texts, so I had to respond. Let him focus on his country and its great athletes, who can be counted on the fingers of one hand in all summer and winter sports combined

Edited September 13, 2025 by copravolley

[clemsonbeav 568]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

That's at least better than 0.1, since yes, there are people who can react faster than that.

 

I'm still in favour of the most honest system though: if you do not leave before the gun goes, your start is valid, no matter if it's 1 second after the gun or 0,001 seconds after the gun - after the gun is after the gun. And yes, people are going to take extra risks then, that's up to them.

They have the .1 FS system in Speed Climbing as well.  With that, it's not a random start.  They have the 3-2-1 beeps, so they know exactly when to go...except they have to time their response to some (arbitrary) 0.1 sec *after* the last beep.  Let's set it at the beep.

[Gianlu33 5,999]

Women’s marathon starts with a big crash inside stadium 

[Monzanator 5,095]

Well, this was stupid. But I recall there was a false start in marathon once too

[copravolley 639]

Today probably don`t enough excitement with Italy's participation? On paper, Iapichino should have won the medal today, but it is what it is