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Athletics 2021 Discussion Thread


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this is a bomb...

 

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

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

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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.

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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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28 minutes ago, Maxim Fastovsky said:

Is Tokyo also going to adapt the Final 3 system?

 

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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1 hour ago, phelps said:

this is a bomb...

 

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

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

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.

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8 hours ago, 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.

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. 

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8 hours ago, 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.

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.

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8 hours ago, 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. 

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

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