Athletics 2021 Discussion Thread

[phelps 7,847]

this is a bomb...

 

Sha'Carri Richardson tested positive for Marijuana...and she admitted it with no excuse on her social media...

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/us-sprinter-richardson-tests-positive-cannabis-could-miss-olympics-sources-2021-07-02/

[maestro 671]

Sha' Carrie will appear on NBC later today. We'll see what she has to say. But, considering how much money NBC have invested in the olympics and how important Sha' Carrie is for their marketing campaign, it's rather obvious what to expect.

[AmericanHero40 222]

Is Tokyo also going to adapt the Final 3 system?

 

[Orangehair43 256]

Why have DSD athletes only become notable in the last ten years. You would think it would been an issue since forever as it’s a natural condition. 

[heywoodu 15,353]

  On 7/2/2021 at 9:22 AM, Maxim Fastovsky said:

Is Tokyo also going to adapt the Final 3 system?

 

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Since it wasn't the case in the 2019 world championships, I'm just going to assume it won't be the case in the Olympics neither. As a fan of athletics, let's hope they'll stay far away from that monstrosity so that the actual best performing athletes can win.

[pdr4332 218]

  On 7/2/2021 at 8:41 AM, phelps said:

this is a bomb...

 

Sha'Carri Richardson tested positive for Marijuana...and she admitted it with no excuse on her social media...

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/us-sprinter-richardson-tests-positive-cannabis-could-miss-olympics-sources-2021-07-02/

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Wow. If true this would be  as unprofessional as the alleged behaviour of some France team members who reportedly watched Netflix and NBA playoffs late into the night during the Euro.

[justony 460]

  On 7/2/2021 at 9:51 AM, heywoodu said:

Since it wasn't the case in the 2019 world championships, I'm just going to assume it won't be the case in the Olympics neither. As a fan of athletics, let's hope they'll stay far away from that monstrosity so that the actual best performing athletes can win.

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Yesterday, when Ståhl and Čeh were both marked the same measure in final round, even Čeh said, this rule is pure nonsense, he told someone could throw WR in first rounds and then still lose. 

[Grassmarket 3,625]

  On 7/2/2021 at 9:51 AM, heywoodu said:

Since it wasn't the case in the 2019 world championships, I'm just going to assume it won't be the case in the Olympics neither. As a fan of athletics, let's hope they'll stay far away from that monstrosity so that the actual best performing athletes can win.

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Yeah, it is purely to create a few minutes of undivided attention for field events in the standard DL 2 hour broadcast. Doesn’t really work, as we can see.

[mpjmcevoy 363]

  On 7/2/2021 at 9:41 AM, Orangehair43 said:

Why have DSD athletes only become notable in the last ten years. You would think it would been an issue since forever as it’s a natural condition. 

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It's been an issue for decades - all the way back to Stella Walsh.

[Monzanator 4,611]

  On 7/2/2021 at 6:22 PM, mpjmcevoy said:

It's been an issue for decades - all the way back to Stella Walsh.

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Stanislawa Walasiewicz to be exact