intoronto 4,192 Posted March 5, 2018 #181 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Fantastic result for Shawn Barber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,687 Posted March 5, 2018 #182 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) On 3/4/2018 at 16:35, hckosice said: Apparently there were some 20 disqualifications during these WCh, but it´s not the absolute record. The record is still from 2003 and the WCh held in ...Birmingham, coincidences ? Definitely not a coincidence but maybe not for the reason you might think. The angle of the banking on the track is greater than almost every other track that hosts indoor championships, It throws the athletes down towards the inside line. Remember that almost all the disqualifications were for line infringements. Also remember that the IAAF brings a lot of judges from outside the host nation for the championships and they are judges who are more likely to enforce the rules more strictly than usual. One foot on the inside line and you're disqualified - no excuses. EDIT - Just remembered the 2012 European Outdoor Championship in Helsinki where a tight track caused a lot of disqualifications for lane infringements, Edited March 5, 2018 by Dragon hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,687 Posted March 5, 2018 #183 Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 3/4/2018 at 16:45, Monzanator said: Jamaica DQ. Another bullshit medal for GB... I was watching this with friends and we were shouting at the screen when the Jamaican moved to the inside of the Ukrainian on the changeover. How on earth could a world class athlete like the Jamaican not know the most obvious rule of relay running - that you stand in the order you are told to stand by the changeover judge and not swap places with anyone. If I was one of her team mates I think I might have the world swearing record telling her what I thought of her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,536 Posted March 6, 2018 #184 Share Posted March 6, 2018 9 hours ago, Dragon said: Definitely not a coincidence but maybe not for the reason you might think. The angle of the banking on the track is greater than almost every other track that hosts indoor championships That's exactly the reason I thought of (maybe because I watched basically everything on BBC and they talked a lot about it) If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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