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Lol, i just walk away 10 m, it will take him half a day to catch up with me, probably he will have to stop on his way to get some fast food. Edit: Also sorry for speaking the truth.

To be fair there are also more than enough italian coaches/managers over in africa who are more than shady, but for some reason you never talk about them?

Thats complete nonsense. They had no girl finishing top 3 here and Hassan or Hooligan didnt even compete.

Says the guy who was caught for doping before ...

Germany's season best easily would have been enough for silver. Too bad! I think the odds of Germany competing with their best relay in Tokyo are 100:1.

The girl Gemechu has an interesting progression. Before this year she didnt have a single 5000 m/10000 m time and between 2017 and 2019 she improved her 10 km road time from 33:07 to 30:15.

Helen Monsanto Obiri ... that explains a lot.

Nope, get the facts right and then we can lead a discussion if you are still interested.

Yeah, she should get as fat as the shot putters, then she would be much faster and much healthier.

There are probably a couple million people out there with a better technique than Obiri, but probably only a couple hundred of them are faster than her.

Very disappointed by Klosterhalfen's performance, i expected her to win gold. Not sure i understand her tactics ... she competes in the 5000 m instead of the 1500 m just to wait until the last lap? When you can frontrun 14.26, then maybe it would make sense to attack earlier. I hope that she can show a progression like Hassan, who also took a couple of years at NOP to get where she is now.

Didnt Crouser also break it in round 1?

I think 3 times: 22.36 m by Crouser in round 1, then 22.90 m by Walsh in round 1 and then 22.91 m by Kovacs in round 6. Edit: But i think there were 7 throws past the old championship record (1 by Kovacs, 4 by Crouser, 1 by Walsh and 1 by Romani)

Nice, so the level improved by more than 1 m in 4 years ... more than 5 %. Just imagine at one world championships it takes 2.30 m to win a medal in men's high jump and 4 years later it takes 2.42 m.

Yeah, i know, just funny that Hassan was half a lap ahead of Muir and it didnt even cross his mind that Muir wasnt the best "european" in this race.

I'll go with Justin, he can reuse his blackface outfit.

Very happy for those guys. When you sacrifice a couple decades of life expectancy and need a crane to leave the house, then you deserve all the luck you can get.

Lel, even the german commentator sees Hassan as african ... he said that Muir might have set an european record here ...

Probably the right decision by Klosterhalfen to not compete in this event. She could have probably beaten Tsegay, but her chances over 5000 m look better. Hooligan was nowhere to be seen all season long and then she comes out of nowhere to set an american record?

Amazing result! This is the result i was hoping for but i never dreamt that it could become reality. Great to see Muir, Simpson, Hooligan and the candian fella all without a medal.

Lel @ 22.90 m ... This might turn out to be a bigger freak show than womens 400 m.

German TV just talked to the national coach and he said that Hofmann is in great shape, but his left leg is "too soft", otherwise he would easily be throwing 84 m. Röhler on the other hand has had a technical flaw for multiple months now, so his performance wasnt a shock. Röhler also said that he is focused on Tokyo already and i still consider him the favorite for 2020. I am surprised you picked only 5 medals for Germany ... what about Hussong, Krause, Schwanitz, women's 4 x 100 m relay? I think Germany will end up with 6 medals (Klosterhalfen, Mihambo, Vetter), which is decent, considering the missed chances by Hussong, Linke, the women's 4 x 100 m relay, Hofmann (probably) and the absence of Carolin Schäfer (who could have won bronze in her normal shape).

Amazing performance by the estonian guy, he might actually have a chance to win a medal!

Wouldnt call it shock exit ... he clearly had to be considered the weakest of the 4 german throwers. His season has been pretty bad for his standards and his shape was pointing in the wrong direction recently + the conditions are in favor of athletes who, unlike Röhler, mostly rely on strength instead of technique (like Vetter).

6.98 m for Mihambo in her first jump without even hitting the board ... (giving away 23 cm) I hope to see 7.25 m - 7.30 m in the final.