Athletics 2017 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 14,942]

Just now, bestmen said:

not only shooting ,they also have the pollution,tornado/hurricans the racists mafia /trump

 

and they eat in mcdonald's

 

How's the Algerian team for Nairobi looking?  

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor 35 Minuten schrieb Gianlu33:

No anyone will compete in Nairobi, only some small-medium nations, it will be an unless event

I think Germany will also compete and Germany is one of the best nations in athletics ...

I think we will still see a high level of competition, in all middle/long-distance events the best athletes come from Africa anyway and i think that the level of competition in some field events also will be pretty good. Japan, China and South Africa always have some good talents there too.

We will also have the european under 20 championships this year, so except for some american athletes, everyone will get a chance to shine at the international stage this year.

 

Preview (30 days to go):

https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/iaaf-world-u18-championships-nairobi-2017-30

South African roster:

https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/world-u18-nairobi-2017-south-african-team

The stars are Zazini Sokhwakhana (who leads the 400m hurdles world ranking with a time of 48.84s, the second best athlete this year has a SB of 51.44s , he is also 4th in the 400m world rankings with a time of 46.20s only behind 3 american athletes), Ntuthuko Ndimande (who leads the 800m world rankings with a time of 1:49.69), Breyton Poole (who is first in the high jump world rankings with 2.18m), Julian Bogner (who is 4th in the 110m hurdles world rankings and 3rd in the long jump world rankings ), Robert de Villiers (who is first in the 2000m SC, an other south african athlete is 2nd in the same event) and Zeney van der Walt (who is 2nd in the 400m hurdles world rankings).

 

From an international perspective, the most promising talents should be:

Marisleisys Duarthe (Cuba) in womens javelin throw

Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) in womens high jump

Heather Arneton (France) in womens long/triple jump

Britany Anderson (Jamaica) in womens 100m hurdles

Keely Small (Australia) in womens 800/1500 m

Tamari Davis (USA) in womens 200m

Maikel Vidal (Cuba) in mens long jump

Jordan Diaz (Cuba) in mens triple jump

De'Jour Russell (Jamaica) in mens 110m hurdles

Zazini Sokhwakhana (South Africa) in mens 400m hurdles

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) in mens 1500m

Tyrese Cooper (USA) in mens 200/400m

Let's hope that many of them will decide to compete.

 

I noticed that South African seems to have a lot of talents in events where they normally arent very good (mens 2000m SC, mens 800m) and its also surprising to see that Norway could very well win 2-3 gold medals (if they decide to compete).

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

They have tornado/hurricans.

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor einer Stunde schrieb bestmen:

Jamaica / south america will be in + asia +oceania

 

most of them are the  future olympic champions so this event is pretty important

 

and about the security they just blame africa for stupidities ,this is one shooting in Orlando last week here

 

 

I think you are exaggerating a bit, although the following athletes won medals in 2015 and are now world class:

Kipyegon Bett (won silver in mens 800m)

Armand Duplantis (won gold in mens pole vault)

Sydney McLaughlin (won gold in womens 400m hurdles)

Celliphine Chespol (won gold in womens 2000m SC)

 

The following athletes won a medal at youth world championships and also an individual medal at olympic games:

Kitum (won bronze in mens 800m at the 2011 edition and bronze in London in 2012)

Kipruto (won gold in mens 3000m SC at the 2011 edition and gold in Rio in 2016)

Miller (won gold in womens 400m at the 2011 edition and gold in Rio in 2016)

Kipyegon (won gold in womens 1500m at the 2011 edition and gold in Rio in 2016)

James (won gold in mens 200/400m at the 2009 edition and also gold in London in 2012)

Crouser (won gold in mens shot put and silver in mens discus throw at the 2009 edition and also gold in Rio in 2016)

Mayer (won gold in mens octathlon at the 2009 edition and also silver in Rio in 2016)

Taylor (won gold in mens triple jump and bronze in mens long jump at the 2007 edition and he also won gold in mens triple jump in London/Rio in 2012/2016)

Storl (won gold in mens shot put at the 2007 edition and also silver in London in 2012)

Muhammad (won gold in womens 400m hurdles at the 2007 edition and also gold in Rio in 2016)

Stefanidi (won gold in womens pole vault at the 2005 edition and bronze at the 2007 edition and also gold in Rio in 2016)

Spanovic (won silver in womens long jump at the 2007 edition and bronze in Rio in 2016)

Perkovic (won silver in womens discus throw at the 2007 edition and also gold in London/Rio in 2012/2016)

Mutai (won gold in mens 3000m SC at the 2005 edition and also bronze in London in 2012)

Chernova (won gold in womens heptathlon at the 2005 edition and also bronze in Beijing/London in 2008/2012)

Krauchanka (won silver in mens octathlon at the 2003 edition and also silver in Beijing in 2008)

Richardson (won gold in mens 110/400m hurdles at the 2003 edition and silver in mens 110m hurdles in London in 2012)

T. Bekele (won silver in mens 3000m at the 2003 edition and bronze in mens 10000m in London in 2012)

Bolt (won gold in mens 200m at the 2003 edition and many gold medals at the 2008/2012/2016 olympic games)

Hejnova (won gold in womens 400m hurdles at the 2003 edition and also bronze in London in 2012)

Pearson (won gold in womens 100m hurdles at the 2003 edition and silver/gold in Beijing/London in 2008/2012)

Shkolina (won silver in womens high jump at the 2003 edition and bronze in London in 2012)

Kipruto (won silver in mens 3000m SC at the 2001 edition and silver/gold in Athens/Beijing in 2004/2008)

Harting (won silver in mens discus throw at the 2001 edition and gold in London in 2012)

Felix (won gold in womens 100m at the 2001 edition and later on she for example won gold in womens 200m in London in 2012)

Stewart (won silver in womens 100m at the 2001 edition and silver in womens 100m in Beijing in 2008)

Adams (won gold in womens shot put at the 2001 edition and gold in London in 2012)

Carter (won silver in womens shot put at the 2001 edition and gold in Rio in 2016)

Pishchalnikova (won silver in womens discus at the 2001 edition and silver in London in 2012)

K. Bekele (won silver in mens 3000m at the 1999 edition and later on he won 3 gold medals at olympic games)

Pars (won gold in mens hammer throw at the 1999 edition and also gold in London in 2012)

Kibet (won silver in womens 3000m at the 1999 edition and bronze in womens 5000m at the 2008 olympics)

Campbell-Brown (won gold in womens 100m at the 1999 edition and gold in womens 200m at the 2004/2008 olympics)

Walker (won silver in womens 200m at the 1999 edition and gold in womens 400m hurdles at the 2008 olympics)

Graffor (won silver in womens hammer throw at the 1999 edition and bronze at the 2004 olympics)

Defar (won silver in womens 3000m at the 1999 edition and gold in womens 5000m at the 2004/2012 olympics)

Chicherova (won gold in womens high jump at the 1999 edition and gold at the 2012 olympics)

Isinbayeva (won gold in womens pole vault at the 1999 edition and gold at the 2004/2008 olympics)

Skolimowska (won gold in womens hammer throw at the 1999 edition and gold at the 2000 olympics)

Cheruiyot (won bronze in womens 3000m at the 1999 edition and later on she for example won gold in womens 5000m at the 2016 olympics)

Mikhnevich (won silver in womens shot put at the 1999 edition and silver at the 2008 olympics)

 

So at 9 editions "only" 41 athletes, who later also won a medal at olympic games, won a medal. At those 9 editions we had over 800 different individual medallists, but only about 5% of them later on won a medal at olympic games. Of course i probably missed some (and i didnt include athletes who won only relay medals), but i think this still shows that you cant say that most of them will be olympic champions or even medallists in the future.

 

Note: Kim Brennan from Australia won silver in womens 400m hurdles at the 2001 edition and at the 2016 olympic games she won gold in womens single sculls (rowing)!

Edited June 12, 2017 by OlympicsFan

[bestmen 2,807]

Just now, dcro said:

They have tornado/hurricans.

tornado and hurricanes are not the same thing so

[intoronto 5,619]

1 hour ago, bestmen said:

who cares about europe/canada , both are not favourite in this event

 Fun fact: Canada won more track and field medals in Rio than Algeria has won at the last 4 Summer Olympics across all sports. 

[bestmen 2,807]

Just now, intoronto said:

 Fun fact: Canada won more track and field medals in Rio than Algeria has won at the last 4 Summer Olympics across all sports. 

 

yes those migrants dopers athletes you have , it' not the point here we are talking about canada  in the U18

 

no one cares about your delegation as it's not the favourite

 

Edited June 12, 2017 by bestmen

[bestmen 2,807]

and why don't you compare yourself with Cuba /Hungary/Kenya these small countries , is it shamefull ?

[Gianlu33 4,528]

17 minutes ago, bestmen said:

 

yes those migrants dopers athletes you have , it' not the point here we are talking about canada  in the U18

 

no one cares about your delegation as it's not the favourite

 

Yeah sure  I love your replay when someone touch Algeria or Africa  

[intoronto 5,619]

Anyways, Canada (and I would imagine other Commonwealth Countries) are skipping the Worlds, in favour of the Commonwealth Youth Games (which slightly conflict with each other).