Athletics 2016 Discussion Thread

[intoronto 6,882]

lol Derek Drouin not nominated, and he has literally won every major title in the last Quad (Current Commonwealth, Pan American Games, World and Olympic champion) 

[heywoodu 16,458]

About the women, I don't know..I guess I'd vote for Thompson or Harrison. Probably Harrison.

 

About the men I guess there really can't be a lot of doubt that Van Niekerk should win it?  

[bestmen 2,921]

in total :

 

Africa : 07 Athletes

Europe :04

Central America : 03

north America :03

South America 02

Asia 01

 

 

 

AFRICA

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 2016 by bestmen

[bestmen 2,921]

besides Mo farah is African

[hckošice 16,605]

No Matej Tóth so predictable...none care about race walk

[heywoodu 16,458]

2 hours ago, hckosice said:

No Matej Tóth so predictable...none care about race walk

 

I do  

 

In fact, right after the Olympics I made a list on a Dutch forum with my 20-30 highlights of the Games (and one with my 20-30 "lows"), and I am pretty sure the 50k race walk was first or second  

 

Mostly because Evan Dunfee's epic walk, the drama around Diniz and Toth finishing it off in grande style 

[hckošice 16,605]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

I do  

 

In fact, right after the Olympics I made a list on a Dutch forum with my 20-30 highlights of the Games (and one with my 20-30 "lows"), and I am pretty sure the 50k race walk was first or second  

 

Mostly because Evan Dunfee's epic walk, the drama around Diniz and Toth finishing it off in grande style 

 

one of the few

[heywoodu 16,458]

1 minute ago, hckosice said:

 

one of the few

I know, race walking is just a very, very niche event. Like Nordic combined in the winter. The bad thing about it is that it doesn't get a lot of attention, the good thing is that you often have a close group of "die hard" fans  

 

I mean, I don't care if Toth or Dunfee or Tallent are participating or not, I would put my alarm any time of the night to wake up for a 50k  

Edited November 14, 2016 by heywoodu

[hckošice 16,605]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

mean, I don't care if Toth or Dunfee or Tallent are participating or not, I would put my alarm any time of the night to wake up for a 50k

 

and you will always have at least one chum from Slovakia in this forum to watch it with you

[thepharoah 2,413]

It's very hard to say who's the best this season , but i think Mo Farah and  Anita Wlodarczyk deserve it