Athletics 2016 Discussion Thread

[Майкл 561]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yes, you're a little late to the party because someone else posted that as well  

 

Nonetheless, you're of course still welcome to the party 

 

Definitely, we might as well get to know yet another Yasemin Can during the last day of the Champs  

[stefanbg 163]

Oh dear... Turkey going for gold in both half marathons. This is so far away from being an European Championships. EAA must do something immediately before Turkey completely destroys European athletics.

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, Майкл said:

 

Definitely, we might as well get to know yet another Yasemin Can during the last day of the Champs  

 

Unlikely, considering that she's in 88th place (2 min behind leaders) after 5km.

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Why do we get so few time splits?  

[dcro 10,210]

Meanwhile, it will be so cool if Eva Vrabcova-Nyvltova get a medal.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Current qualifying standings in the women's 4x400m:

 

 

I read somewhere that Japan only sends 3 relays, but I forgot which one they won't send...does anyone remember? 

[OlympicsFan 858]

Whoever planned the start of the half-marathon is extremely stupid.

The kenyan guy who now competes for Azerbaijan actually wanted to get russian citizenship, but when it didnt work, he just became a citizen of Azerbaijan ...

I think EAA should just expel Turkey. If Turkey wants to continue with this embarrassing shit, then they should try to do it in Asia (or better Africa). At a global stage this doesnt really bother me, because Turkey wont win any medals at olympic games or world championships anyway.

[Майкл 561]

Olivera  Hopefully she manages to finish inside the top 16

[OlympicsFan 858]

Its completely stupid that you can qualify a relay by running 2 fast times in the same competition on a super fast track. Nigeria, Russia and Ukraine had their two fastest times in just 2 days on the super fast track in Beijing.

[hckošice 14,822]

The Azeri guy in front is eligible to compete for his new country exactly 1 month today