Athletics WA Diamond League 2021

[thepharoah 2,405]

I'm really happy our Player Mostafa Amr finally starts to deliver god results , he made 21.12 m and finished 4th in men's shotput , this guy won NCAA back in 2018 i think , but failed to deliver big after that , hopefully it's just the start for bigger things to come 

[heywoodu 15,147]

I know we shouldn't expect much, but still I can't believe how poorly the technical events are being shown (or mostly, not shown), especially in this new format  

[AmericanHero40 213]

I finally got around to watching the first diamond league of the year, what is that shit of field events final?? top 3 gets one throw no matter what was the result?? so the leader who prior to that led by 10 meters having a bad throw and he's done??

[Monzanator 4,505]

7 minutes ago, Maxim Fastovsky said:

I finally got around to watching the first diamond league of the year, what is that shit of field events final?? top 3 gets one throw no matter what was the result?? so the leader who prior to that led by 10 meters having a bad throw and he's done??

 

Yep, welcome to Next Gen ideas bullshit. This is on par with break dance being an Olympic "sport"

[heywoodu 15,147]

9 hours ago, Maxim Fastovsky said:

I finally got around to watching the first diamond league of the year, what is that shit of field events final?? top 3 gets one throw no matter what was the result?? so the leader who prior to that led by 10 meters having a bad throw and he's done??

Yep. Instead of an epic shot put showdown like in Doha 2019, we can have something where (theoretically) a bunch of athletes have five 22m+ attempts, after which the top-3 looks like this: win with 21.10m, second with 20.40m and third with an X.

 

It is really a very innovative way to absolutely kill the whole tension a field event can have..

[Grassmarket 3,412]

DL starts again tomorrow with the meet in Florence, subbing for Rome.  Preview & highlights.

 

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/florence-diamond-league-2021-hassan-cheptegei

[Grassmarket 3,412]

Another PB & NR for Femke Bol - 53.44 

[phelps 7,680]

and the farce goes on... 

[hckošice 14,836]

a 1500m in 3:53 some 4 days after 10000m world record. Quite impressive by Hassan

[phelps 7,680]

1 minute ago, hckošice said:

a 1500m in 3:53 some 4 days after 10000m world record. Quite impressive by Hassan

yeah...let's call that "impressive"...