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GB and the US won medals in all relays, so 8 out of 12 medals went to only 2 nations, not much diversity ... I Jamaica wouldnt have had so much bad luck, they probably would have won 3 of the remaining 4 medals ... In womens 4x100 m relay there were 5 nations at best that could win a medal (USA, Jamaica, GB, Germany, TTO), but the US was lightyears ahead. In womens 4x400 m relay they were actually only 3 nations that had a chance to medal (USA, GB, Jamaica), but thanks to an injury Poland won a medal there. In both mens relays the diversity is much bigger, although in both relays they were only 2 or 3 relays that had a realistic chance to win. It is not just the domianance of the US (especially on the womens side), but the fact that, if it wasnt for injuries, 11 out of 12 medals would have gone to just 3 nations and in addition to that the level on the womens side is just atrocious. In addition to that the medallists dont change much over time, USA, GB and Jamaic have been dominant for a very long time and they basically are always almost a lock for multiple medals in relays. It is just much less likely that a small nation has 4 very good athletes than a small nation having one extraordinary athlete who can win a medal, so there always will be less diversity in relays.

Relays should be cut from world championships and olympics, they are absolutely not competitive, the same is true in swimming.

Not according to bestman, he must know better.

You realize he isnt african ... ?

Horrible world championships for Germany, only 5 medals and it would have been incredibly easy to win medals in mens high jump, mens triple jump, mens pole vault, mens shot put, womens pole vault and womens 4x100 m relay. Of course Schwanitz and C. Harting guarantee 1-2 medals, but 6-7 medals would still be pretty bad.

Ayana and Hassan look very much alike, isnt Hassan also from Ethiopia? Maybe they are sisters?

I think pretty much everyone expected Semenya and Niyonsaba to be first and second. The only question was if Wilson or Wambui would be third.

Just sad what happened to Kiprop, his downfall allowed all those no-names to win medals. He should have prevented guys like Centrowitz or Ingebrigtsen from winning (gold) medals, this sport doesnt deserve (gold) medallists like them.

Was this guy the one who was on the leaked IAAF list or was it his brother? In the end it doesnt even matter, we all know what is going on.

Lets hope that non of the european guys wins a medal in mens 1500.

Very happy that Wilson didnt win gold. Just a shame she stole bronze from Wambui, considering that she never should have been allowed to compete. More than disgusting that Robert-Michon always explodes at the biggest competitions, another highly suspect french athlete. Also ridiculous performance by Stevens, maybe even one of the top 3 most ridiculous performances here. Horrible level in mens high jump, just sad that the mexican guy was stolen a medal by the russian guy.

Really sickening results in mens race walking. 50 year old Diniz walks the second best time in history and wins by almost 8 minutes. In mens 20 km race walking we had a guy from Russia (self-explanatory why this result is disgusting) and two guys from South America + a no-name from South Africa (also self-explanatory) at the top. If IAAF is really planning to cut race walking from the Olympics, it would be amazing news. The performances of Diniz and Bigot make it impossible to trust any french athletes in London.

Horrible result in womens 4x100 relay and mens javelin. The german girls were horribly slow, i expected at least 0.5 seconds faster, hopefully they will get it right next year. The result in womens 3000 m SC was also disgusting, the US is the only nation that is too big to fail and therefore their athletes have nothing to worry about. The progression by Frerichs was probably the most disgusting thing in the history of sports.

Why not womens 3000 m SC? Should be legendary. Womens 800 m and mens 1500 m semifinals should also be interesting, those are by far my favorite track events, because there are at least some tactics involved. The three-way battle in womens 200 m should also be interesting.

Makwala stolen two golds by IAAF official cheaters? Disgusting?

First gold medal for Turkey at athletics world championships.

That is true, other examples would be Schippers going from 11.03 to 10.81 in 2015 or Hassan going from 4:03.73 to 3:57.00 in 2014.

Most swedish women are beautiful, so its not surprising that they have a lot of direct contact with other people and are more likely to get ill. No risk for Semenya, Wambui, Schippers, Reese or Niyonsaba.

Is there a morning session tomorrow? If yes, then this will be the first session i can watch this week.

Yeah ... but at olympics you have many different sports at the same time, so you cant compare it. You should look at the number of posts in 2015, but even that doesnt mean much, you need to look at the number of registered/active users.

At first i was really positive about this competition, but now i am extremely disappointed, horrible competition. 2019 wont be much better, hopefully Berlin will do a better job next year. 1) Rain, rain, rain ... 2) Doped athletes 3) Bought athletes 4) Tons of ill athletes 5) Makwaala not allowed to compete 6) Horrible level in many events 7) No morning session on most days 8) Strange progression by many athletes like Nasser or the american guy in discus throw.

Really hard to understand why Germany got so few votes, despite having won 34 medals in olympic events at the latest world championships, including 18 of them in gold, despite ... a) Lisa Zimmermann not able to compete b) Felix Loch missing out on a medal c) No medal in men's ski jumping team Naturally the number of golds will go down, but its hard to see Germany ending up with less than 12 golds (3-4 x luge, 2 x bob, 1 x skeleton, 2-3 x nordic combined, 2-3 x biathlon) which will be very hard to match for any other nation except the US.

Strange how Simpson always ends up with a medal, beating much stronger runners like Hassan or Muir.

Does anyone know whether Eid Naser still trains with the bulgarian coach that also coaches Femi Ogunode? It's sad to see how her appearance changed, 2 or 3 years ago she looked completely different. I guess nowadays all sprinters have to have a tattoo.

Macluffi wont compete? Very sad, he would have won gold. The guy in decathlon always improves very much at big competitions, so he is one of the favorites. I think the best nation without african athletes is New Zealand, ahead of Lithuania, all nations ahead of them have african athletes.