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Yeah, I saw that Krizsán was projected 4th on the TV, we are getting the TV feed in the stadium. But once the race was over the official results showed up on the big screen without Vetter and a couple of other athletes, so Krizsán was shown as the third placed athlete. They basically showed an incomplete final result for some reason in the stadium after the race was over, the points of the last few finishing athletes in the second 800m heat weren't calculated. Even the Hungarian Eurosport commentators got confused and started thinking it might be final. You can see it in the broadcast that even Krizsán was kinda confused because the crowd went wild.

Venues are expensive, it is what it is. They made the perfect sized stadium for these Worlds with temporary seats in the upper level and it still cost a fortune.

Back to today's events. I am not sure what you saw on TV, but in the stadium Krizsán was shown as the bronze medalist for 30 seconds, that's why the crowd went insane. I think even Krizsán though for a sec that some miracle happened. They need to be more careful about how they show the live calculation.

Btw, the public transport isn't shit in Budapest. It could be better, but I think it's reasonably fine... for a city of 2 million people. But the Olympics in it's current state isn't fit for a mid sized city.

Budapest wouldn't be able to host anything bigger than this until they build more underground lines. The public transport is struggling even at this WCh, I can't even imagine what it would look like during the Games. The city is simply too small, it would instantly collapse if you throw a huge amount of people in there.

Wow, I completely missed this. World champion Mária Érdi! Another unexpected gold medal for us at the WChs.

Great session and weekend for Hungarian athletics, we couldn't have asked for more. Undoubtedly the best sporting event that I experienced irl. Just a wonderful experience. I will watch the rest on TV.

Lots of spectators avoiding the heat in the standing area. Jacobs will be a one hit wonder, right?

The new medal ceremony format worked really well. Much better than in an empty stadium.

Medal ceremonies in 10 minutes

Medal ceremony rehearsal atm. They are "awarding" volunteers instead of athletes. They gave them the WR check.

If I heard correctly, the medal ceremonies will start in about an hour.

Krizsán and Halász will likely deliver our two best results of the Worlds on the same day. Meanwhile everyone is trying to survive here during the break. It's the hottest day of August.

I can confirm that the heat is getting turned up. We will be sweating buckets today, 34 C during the evening session.

The mascot was just shooting some merch at us before the discus.

I was way too tired/lazy to go to the race walk early. Instead I am sitting on a bean bag at the stadium.

Crazy evening, I feel bad for the Dutch.

That was a fun first session, the Hungarian athletes did well enough. Waiting for Fajdek.

Lol, I am getting the impression that the lot of folks here are watching athletics live for the first time. They started clapping right at the start of the heat.

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/live/7138987

Okay, I was a bit pessimistic. The rain is stopping. Big applause in the stadium when the race walking started, I think the atmosphere will be pretty good despite the weather.

Hm, I don't think that the rain will stop in 20 minutes. This could go on for 1-2 more hours based on the radar.

I am only here for the weekend because one must work, but I think everything will be fine soon. Session starts at 11:30. Race walk starts at 10:50.

Lol spoke too soon. Session is delayed.