This could have been a rival to the diamond league if done right, but this isn't it. It's boring, too many breaks not enough action. It would have been much more interesting as a league, say you get top 32 athletes in every track discipline together. You have 3 rounds or 2 in longer disciplines. So QF, SF and Finals. Essentially how sprints work in cross country skiing. For the disciplines that need longer recovery limit the amount of participants. Maybe you switch it up for some races and you do 1v1 like the Warholm vs Duplantis thing. That would provide constant action without breaks. But the biggest issue for me is no field events. I hope Coe sees this failure and realises how important they are. I also hope he stops trying to reinvent them with new rules every year.
Also there's some british guy who's trying to do grand slam FIELD in 2026,as much as i like the idea if Johnson can't pull his thing off,i really struggle to see how that guy could.
LOL,i went to sleep super early for my standarts,i really could of watched the livestreams on youtube but clearly i really didnt miss much.Johnson flopping after running his mouth so much is honestly funny.Field events take a big W after the snub.
Yesterday I watched the races on TV before falling asleep (and I must say that the sleeping effect of the event worked), in addition to a depressing atmosphere, there was a 10 to 15 minute break between races...
It's on regular Eurosport here and I'm catching a replay now after I woke up. The whole thing still feels weird and not having full stands is not helping the excitement And the graphics they are using are atrocious.
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