Athletics WA World Championships 2025

[heywoodu 15,997]

4 minutes ago, Triplecast said:

Bayi did win CG gold in 1500 in 1974, beating John Walker, both beaking the WR but almost certain he did not complete at 1983 WC. 

Didn't check that, but he certainly didn't win gold, so Simbu being Tanzania's first ever world champion still stands  

[copravolley 498]

And this bronze it`s in olimpic competition (silver for Palmisano no...)

[copravolley 498]

So far, only Iapichino has disappointed in our team, but Battocletti's medal and those in the marathon today have made up for her loss.

[copravolley 498]

The other Italians users are sleeping - they probably didn't expect a medal that night. Their loss

[Monzanator 4,768]

Wilma Murto NM in PV quals

[heywoodu 15,997]

3 minutes ago, copravolley said:

The other Italians users are sleeping - they probably didn't expect a medal that night. Their loss

Not everyone is able to watch throughout the night of course, some people do actually need to work or whatever  

 

If I wasn't free tomorrow, I certainly wouldn't have been awake now. Well, almost  

Edited September 15 by heywoodu

[copravolley 498]

There was a historical record of medals for Italy on World Champs: 5 medals but with 2 gold. Now, we have 4 medals, but 0 gold. Without any gold, I will a little disappointed.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_at_the_1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics

Edited September 15 by copravolley

[Olympian1010 8,228]

39 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Photo finish in marathon! Now I've seen it all...

Evokes some memories of the 2018 Asian Games women's marathon 

[copravolley 498]

But only 10 years ago, we was at the bottom: 0 medals, only 4 places in best "8" and 0 in stadium. We have come a long way since then: from hell to almost heaven (almost, becouse 0 gold at now).

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_at_the_2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics

Edited September 15 by copravolley

[heywoodu 15,997]

6 minutes ago, copravolley said:

There was a historical record of medals for Italy on World Champs: 5 medals but with 2 gold. Now, we have 4 medals, but 0 gold. Without any gold, I will a little disappointed.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_at_the_1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics

Good thing today is the last morning session for a few days, not sure I'd survive 8-9 consecutive nights of non-stop pessimism