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It has now been confirmed

Start Lists: https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/Start_Book_Pattaya_2019.pdf

Provisional suspension of the Carina Horn for the presence of a prohibited substance.

Another injury update. The defending world champion of the men's 1,500m Elijah Manangoi said today that he has pulled out of this month's WCH in Doha after sustaining an ankle injury in training. https://www.sportpesanews.com/ke/posts/post/Injured-World-Champion-Elijah-Manangoi-Pulls-Out-Of-Doha/26597

Bahamas might not send a team to the WCH due to lack of funding. Source: https://thenassauguardian.com/2019/09/14/world-championships-team-in-jeopardy/ The Bahamian 10-member team might not be able to make it because of insufficient funds, according to Drumeco Archer, president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA). According to Archer, the BAAA proposed a $116,000 budget to the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture for the prestigious meet from February 1 of this year and on Wednesday evening, September 11, the ministry granted them $25,000 – way short of the proposed budget. The team is set to travel next week and Archer said if they only have $25,000 they will not send a team to Doha. The BAAA refuses to send a team that can only send some of the athletes because all of the athletes qualify for the meet. The athletes that are set to compete with Team Bahamas are Tynia Gaither, Anthonique Strachan, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Pedrya Seymour, Steven Gardiner, Alonzo Russell, Latario Collie-Minns, Lathone Minns, Donald Thomas and Samson Colebrook, who opted out.

Also an update on Abderrahaman Samba injury. According to the Norwegian news site, VG.no, who has spoken with his Swedish manager, Daniel Wessfeldt, Samba still struggles to run due to a hip injury. His manager says they will decide if Samba runs at the WCH 4-5 days before it starts. Journalist from VG - Samba has not run anything? Wessfeldt - No, no. This will not be decided until four or five days before the World Championships. Every day is a battle against the clock. There is no point to start if he is only able to run around 49 sec. at the World Championships. Then it is better not to run, Wessfeldt replies. - He has only been able to train for the last 12 to 14 days, he says. When asked if Samba will run a test competition before the World Cup, almost four months after he ran the 400 meter hurdles last time, his manager Wessfeldt replies that it will not happen until September 18-20. The plan is for him to move from his training base in Spanish Valencia to Doha on September 22. - We probably shouldn't be too positive. Let's see how things will go, says Daniel Wessfeldt.

Genzebe Dibaba is injured (I don't know the exact injury) and it's likely she will not compete at the WCH in Doha.

Denmark at the 2020 Olympics Qualified Athletes/Quotas Wrestling Quotas: Men's -67kg Greco-Roman: 1 Total number of athletes qualified for 2020 Olympics: 41

We can add Lesotho to the list of qualified nations in athletics. Khoarahlane Joseph Seutloali has achieved the entry standard in men's marathon. https://www.capetownmarathon.com/results/

Lesotho have qualified their first athlete for Tokyo. Men's Marathon (Athletics) https://www.capetownmarathon.com/results/

What a day, tour and year for Slovenian cycling. An astounding attack by young Pogačar in today's stage. Primož Roglič with Slovenia's first Grand Tour win. Two Slovenian riders on the same grand tour podium. Three Slovenian grand tour podiums this year. (None before this year) Rogličx5. Former ski jumper, now grand tour winner. Pogačar x10. Just because he is only 20 years old, for his performance today and three stage wins in his first grand tour. What a cyclist he can become. (Of course there is still one stage left, but hopefully nothing dramatic will happen .)

Okay, I didn't see that coming. Kim Clijsters makes a comeback at the age of 36. Let's see how it will go. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/12/kim-clijsters-comes-out-of-tennis-retirement-for-a-second-time

Update - Week 37 - September 09 to September 15 - 2019 Men's 5000m +1 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/matthew-centrowitz-228630 Men's High Jump +1 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/belarus/maksim-nedasekau-301425 Men's Discus Throw +1 +1 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/sweden/simon-pettersson-284791 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/romania/alin-alexandru-firfirica-273288 Men's Marathon +1 +1 https://www.capetownmarathon.com/results/ https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/south-africa/elroy-gelant-244723 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/lesotho/khoarahlane-seutloali-389763 Women's 800m +3 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/jackline-wambui-320944 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/eunice-jepkoech-sum-257923 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/emily-cherotich-tuei-184657 Women's Discus Throw +1 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/laulauga-tausaga-300895 Women's Marathon +1 https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/new-zealand/alice-mason-240146 (Qualified via a top 5 result in a Gold Label race, Blackmores Sydney Marathon 2019) Qualified Quotas Overview Men (Total Quota: 420) Women (Total Quota: 405)

Wow France! What a victory over USA. Félicitations!

I'm just curious, but why do you have that opinion?

1) It's European Athletics who organises this event, not IAAF. 2) I agree with you point that it should be held in years with no WCH or Olympics. It will only clash with the ECH, but it can be solved. I'm most worried that this competition will end up being a nobody cares competition. We already have IAAF Continental Cup which many tend to forget. Yesterday the Danish commentators talked about how nice it could be if the rest of the Americas would join USA. Also Africa and Asia could join. As they said, "Let's see if we are going to have a competition between the continents. It would be interesting". I was doing this. Not that many people care about team events in athletics as far as I can read around on some forums. Having too many of them could make them even less interesting. Of course this is just my own opinion and I can't even come up with an idea/format for a global team event where all the best athlete would compete and at the same time make it interesting to watch.

https://athletics.eurovisionsports.tv/

This is sad... My friend is probably shaking her head at the moment. She is Slovakian-Hungarian and she often tells me how annoyed and frustrated she is about situations like these. She wishes people like those tonight at the stadium would at least act like decent people and show some respect to each other no matter what ethnicity they are.

That is correct. Ernest John Obiena achieved the Olympic Standard in men's pole vault in Chieti, Italy, with 5.81m. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/philippines/ernest-john-obiena-290722