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Just now, Grassmarket said:

 

 

Crowd is not huge, but all the Ethiopian and Kenyan fans give a lot of atmosphere. This is normal for the Doha Diamond League - there must be a lot of East Africans working there. 

I hope it gets busier tomorrow when there are finals. But about half the seats are covered by tarps. I would bet there's no more than 20,000 seats available for spectators to sit in. 

Just now, hckosice said:

 

yeah, shame Johaug is not here

I thought I saw Ole Einar Bjorndalen amongst the 50 people in the crowd  

And now Warholm in the 400m hurdles, Norwegian domination continuing  

Wow, 3 Norwegians in the 5000m final?

Wow that was a quick heat

It's amazing how many seats in this stadium are covered by tarp. They must have seen super low ticket sales

Excited to finally watch a fair 800m race at a World Championships! 

Is it just me or does Shiroyama look like a woman?

26 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I’m pretty sure it is. Is it not?

It is

Just now, Monzanator said:

 

With Biden leading the Dems polls it's kinda hilarious you'll be potentially replacing one rich old white guy with another rich old white guy though. The more things change, the more they stay the same  

 

Well, democratic socialism only gets major support in countries which never experienced communism and are rich enough to sustain a huge welfare spending. It works well in Scandinavia given their smallish population but I don't see it working in USA over the long haul. Obamacare would be a bottomless well going forward and something would have to give there for sure.

I wouldn't consider Biden rich - he's a career politician. Being old and white is where the comparisons between the two of them end. 

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Very fair. It’s also super beneficial to keep him in office because he’s a beatable election opponent. Plus, if he’s relected it creates more opportunities for socialists like myself to gain more power in this country. 

 

In the end, I’d probably agree with most people that for the greater good of the country it’s better to see him go.

The irony is that the unhinged socialist congresspeople currently in office could hurt this whole impeachment process. I hope that Pelosi has a handle on her caucus and continues to proceed with this in a practical manner. 

Also, the damage Trump would cause with another four years in office would be irreparable - this far outweighs the perceived benefits of your speculation that it gives socialists more power down the road. Impeachment likely won't get him out of office, and so lets hope he just loses next November - and in my opinion, lets hope we can return to a moderate form of governance, I think the extremes on either side of the spectrum will only lead to more chaos. 

46 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Your minds are about to be blown so buckle up everyone...

 

I’m against impeachment.

 

Told you.

There's no longer a choice. Trump has admitted to trying to rig the election through foreign interference. There is no use trying to remove him in the 2020 election when you know he's not going to play by the rules. 

Speaker Pelosi to announce an impeachment inquiry at 5PM EST. Buckle up

Just now, heywoodu said:

 

Three things I all find pretty cool  

Well that's one way to look at it. 

I think it's disqualifying, but this is one issue among the several that I listed

Just now, heywoodu said:

 

No idea where I said or even suggested that, no. I'm just reacting to someone mentioning some reasons and this specific one seems like a pretty odd reason. No event can ever change the 'traditional timing and schedule' (whatever that may be)?

World Cup in the winter? Olympics in October? Marathon run at midnight?

If a country cannot physically host an event in the regular window for fear of heat exhaustion and athlete performance, they should not be hosting these events. 

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

No, Qatar should events because they can afford. What they shouldn’t do is use slave labor to host such events.

yeah, that parts awful, but they should be a non-starter for hosting anything because they have no sporting history and pay for athletes. They also bribe to host these events. Also, it's like a thousand degrees there and they fuck with the traditional timing and schedule of competitions. Need I go on? That alone, should preclude them from hosting all of these events - but, if they're only option for hosting, as it appears in many cases, c'est la vie. 

In summation, fuck Qatar. This is my statement

46 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

 

There should be a term for people, who hate certain countries hosting sporting events.  At least Qatar is in my time zone and it's perfectly timed for me.  If only there was a capable TV to show it (and not the dreadful BNT).

Russia and Qatar should never host sporting events imo

14 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Dammit! Trudeau is racist . There goes the one world leader I liked . Time to find my new favorite progressive. 

This is a massive over-reaction. The policies his government has put forth over the last four years have shown he is anything but racist. What he did was racist and stupid, but he owned up to it and apologized - certainly more than you can say about other world leaders. I am getting sick of this persecution of people for past mistakes to score political points, but it is the new norm, and will only become even more normalized as we live in a new age where political candidates (or any public figure for that matter) have their entire past on social media to be scrutinized.

The problem here lies in hypocrisy. This is an example of why the virtue-signaling, holier than thou posturing of liberal politicians like Trudeau today is so frustrating and dangerous, and only leads to further polarization and the election of populist figures. For all of the terrible things that done Donald Trump has done, at least he is unabashedly a piece of shit, and doesn't pretend to be perfect. 

In summation, this incident shouldn't taint your entire perception of Trudeau, and certainly does not make him a racist. Is he a stupid and unqualified moron, yeah, of course, but he's not a racist.

Another thing to consider is that Canada is a parliamentary democracy - the real issue will be reconciling voting for Liberal candidates who are brown, while these photographs of their leader lie in the background. At the end of the day, I don't know if it is quite as damaging as it would be for a Presidential candidate who is directly voted for.  

So what's the deal with non-Olympic weight classes? Could you qualify a quota in an Olympic weight class, and then have a wrestler from another weight class lose/gain weight to take the quota?

As we were discussing in the Suggestions thread, it would be nice to get these schedules posted at the top of threads again for events, because the official websites are always terrible. I just put this together for the World Athletics Championship. @Sindo, would it be possible to add this to the first post, maybe as a "spoiler" so that people don't have to scroll through it?

Official Schedule
Arabian Standard Time (GMT +3)
Olympic Event Final | Non-Olympic Event Final

Friday, September 27th
16:30 Men's Long Jump Qualification A+B
16:35 Men's 100m Preliminaries 
16:40 Women's Hammer Throw Qualification A
17:10 Men's 800m Round 1
17:30 Women's Pole Vault Qualification A+B
18:05 Men's 100m Round 1
18:10 Women's Hammer Throw Qualification B
18:40 Women's High Jump Qualification A+B
19:00 Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1
19:25 Men's Triple Jump Qualification A+B
19:55 Men's 5000m Round 1
20:30 Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1

23:59 Women's Marathon Final

Saturday, September 28th
16:15 Men's Discus Throw Qualification A
16:30 Women's 100m Round 1
17:05 Men's 800m Round 1
17:30 Men's Pole Vault Qualification A+B
17:45 Men's Discus Throw Qualification B
18:05 Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinals
18:45 Men's 100m Semifinals
19:15 Women's 800m Semifinals
19:25 Women's Hammer Throw Final
20:00 Mixed 4x400m Relay Round 1
20:40 Men's Long Jump Final

21:10 Women's 10000m Final
22:15 Men's 100m Final
23:30 Women's 50km Race Walk Final
23:30 Men's 50km Race Walk Final

Sunday, September 29th
20:05 Men's 200m Round 1
20:40 Women's Pole Vault Final
21:20 Women's 200m Semifinals
21:45 Men's Triple Jump Final
21:55 Men's 800m Semifinals
22:35 Mixed 4x400m Relay Final
23:20 Women's 100m Final
23:30 Women's 20km Race Walk Final

Monday, September 30th

16:30 Women's Javelin Throw Qualification A
17:05 Women's 200m Round 1
18:00 Women's Javelin Throw Qualification B
18:20 Women's 400m Round 1
20:05 Men's 110m Hurdles Round 1
20:30 Women's High Jump Final
20:50 Men's 200m Semifinals
21:20 Men's 5000m Final
21:25 Men's Discus Throw Final
21:50 Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final
22:10 Women's 800m Final
22:40 Men's 400m Hurdles Final

Tuesday, October 1st

16:30 Men's Hammer Throw Qualification A
16:35 Men's 400m Round 1
16:50 Men's High Jump Qualification A+B
17:30 Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1
18:00 Men's Hammer Throw Qualification B
18:15 Men's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1
20:05 Men's Pole Vault Final
20:50 Women's 400m Semifinals
21:20 Women's Javelin Throw Final
21:35 Women's 200m Semifinals
22:10 Men's 800m Final
22:40 Men's 200m Final

Wednesday, October 2nd

16:35 Men's Decathlon 100m
16:45 Women's Shot Put Qualification A+B
17:05 Women's Heptathlon 100m Hurdles
17:30 Men's Decathlon Long Jump
17:35 Women's 1500m Round 1
18:00 Women's Discus Throw Qualification A
18:15 Women's Heptathlon High Jump
18:25 Women's 5000m Round 1
18:50 Men's Decathlon Shot Put
19:25 Women's Discus Throw Qualification B
20:05 Men's 110m Hurdles Semifinals
20:30 Women's Heptathlon Shot Put

20:35 Men's 400m Semifinals
20:40 Men's Decathlon High Jump
21:05 Women's 400m Hurdles Semifinals
21:40 Men's Hammer Throw Final
21:50 Women's Heptathlon 200m
22:35 Women's 200m Final
22:55 Men's 110m Hurdles Final
23:15 Men's Decathlon 400m

Thursday, October 3rd

16:35 Men's Decathlon 110m Hurdles
16:40 Women's Triple Jump Qualification A+B
17:30 Men's Decathlon Discus Throw A
18:15 Women's Heptathlon Long Jump
18:35 Men's Decathlon Discus Throw B
19:05 Men's Decathlon Pole Vault A
19:20 Men's Shot Put Qualification A+B
20:05 Men's Decathlon Pole Vault B
20:10 Women's Heptathlon Javelin Throw
22:00 Men's 1500m Round 1
22:05 Men's Decathlon Javelin Throw A
22:35 Women's Shot Put Final

23:00 Women's 1500m Semifinals
23:10 Men's Decathlon Javelin Throw B
23:50 Women's 400m Final
00:05 Women's Heptathlon 800m 
00:15 Men's Decathlon 1500m

Friday, October 4th

20:10 Men's 1500m Semifinals
20:15 Men's High Jump Final
20:40 Women's 4x100m Relay Round 1
21:00 Women's Discus Throw Final

21:05 Men's 4x100m Relay Round 1
21:30 Women's 400m Hurdles Final
21:45 Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final
22:20 Men's 400m Final
23:30 Men's 20km Race Walk Final

Saturday, October 5th

16:30 Men's Javelin Throw Qualification A
17:15 Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1
17:50 Women's Long Jump Qualification A+B
18:00 Men's Javelin Throw Qualification B
19:55 Women's 4x400m Relay Round 1
20:05 Men's Shot Put Final
20:25 Men's 4x400m Relay Round 1
20:35 Women's Triple Jump Final

20:55 Women's 1500m Final
21:25 Women's 5000m Final
22:05 Women's 4x100m Relay Final
22:15 Men's 4x100m Relay Final
23:59 Men's Marathon Final

Sunday, October 6th

19:05 Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinal

19:15 Women's Long Jump Final
19:40 Men's 1500m Final
19:55 Men's Javelin Throw Final
20:00 Men's 10000m Final
20:50 Women's 100m Hurdles Final

21:15 Women's 4x400m Relay Final
21:30 Women's 4x400m Relay Final

Just now, Sindo said:

 

I will try to see if this is possible. I have many ideas about how to add more content but I do not have enough time to do all by myself so I would need help from other users.

Absolutely. I can help out with this in some way if need be. 

Just now, heywoodu said:

We had that before the results portal I believe, but in some cases that led to endless scrolling because every single heat and bout was specifically mentioned  I don't remember why it wasn't simply put in a spoiler so it takes no space unless you click on it

Yes, brilliant. Putting it as a spoiler is a great idea.

Just now, heywoodu said:

What a coincidence, I was wondering the exact same thing only two or three days ago  Not really because of results (I generally use Wikipedia or some official or specialized site), but because of schedules of a certain event  

I feel the exact same lol. I always felt that Wikipedia was way better than the results portal for seeing the actual results, but I miss being able to see the schedule for the event in the first post of each thread. The event websites are always terrible for this.

@Sindo would it be possible to bring this back, and post the schedule for the events in the first post of the thread again on this main site?

Just now, Sindo said:

 

Yes, it's here. It's not updated as of today though, I hope I can make an update soon.

Wonderful. Thank you Sindo!

Awful, very tragic news. My thoughts and prayers to the family of @hukbrazil. I remember him as a valuable contributor the forum, especially during Rio. It is always a pleasure to hear from posters from the host country of an event, as it was great to see the contributions from Brazilians in 2016. He will be missed.