Athletics 2017 Discussion Thread

[bestmen 2,819]

i really liked this system will push the athletes to participate in all the events

 

 

The IAAF World Rankings, which will come into operation in 2018, will drive and shape the global competition system including entry into the World Championships and Olympic Games,” here

[heywoodu 15,148]

I think it will more likely result in the top athletes being around 20th place or something because they'll compete in just enough events to stay in qualifying positions. 

[Gianlu33 4,575]

Nanjing will host the 2020 IAAF Indoor World Championship after that the IAAF meeting in Morocco chose the chinese city ahead of Turun, in Poland, and Belgrade, in Serbia.

[rybak 3,218]

18 minut temu, Gianlu33 napisał:

Nanjing will host the 2020 IAAF Indoor World Championship after that the IAAF meeting in Morocco chose the chinese city ahead of Turun, in Poland, and Belgrade, in Serbia.

Toruń 

[Dragon 1,845]

Cuban triple jumper Pedro Picardo has become a Portuguese citizen today.

[bestmen 2,819]

So he will be in  the next mediterranean games

[Jur 683]

IAAF has still the nationality change thing frozen, will see for how long...

[hckošice 14,836]

@dcro the Equestrian venue of Šamorín is right now hosting the Cross European Championships http://www.european-athletics.org/index.html0

[dcro 10,210]

12 minutes ago, hckosice said:

@dcro the Equestrian venue of Šamorín is right now hosting the Cross European Championships http://www.european-athletics.org/index.html0

 

Well, too bad that they didn't sign the hosting contact for 2022 WEG. There weren't any other candidates so they only had to sign it...

Edited December 10, 2017 by dcro

[hckošice 14,836]

16 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Well, too bad that they didn't sign the hosting contact for 2022 WEG. There weren't any other candidates so they only had to sign it...

 

Ah, that´s really unfortunate. Didn´t knew about it, probably budget troubles with funds or there were any other reason ?