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Sadly some of the usual suspects are missing (Gierisch, Diame, the greek girl, the girl from Israel). Does anyone know what happened to the girl from Greece and the girl from Israel?

Orji doesn't look like a triple jumper at all, really impressive that she is still able to compete.

Yeah, sadly that's what i thought.

Really nice to see that many russian athletes are back to their old ways now that the heat is more on other nations like Keyna. Shkurenyov is better than ever.

Interesting documentary by ARD. Just a matter of time until Calvin and Amdouni are gone?

At least you are honest. So you wanna take the bet?

If Kaul equals his PB in all of the remaining events, he would get to 8626 points, so i am not sure you are correct. He definitely needs some very surprising results to get over 8600 points, which is what it will probably take to get bronze. Lindon Victor hasn't a great record at this level either, so i still think that there is a chance for him to mess up. I expected Kaul to win bronze at least (because i am not sure whether Gävle really was his main focus this year), but if he gets to around 8600 points here and finishes 4th or 5th then that also would be a great achievement. If his trajectory continues like that (and he gets to around 8800 points next year) then there wont be anyone next year besides Mayer who can realistically beat him at the olympics.

Because the really fast guys/girls from Jamaica, the US, Africa and Bahamas/Trinidad and Tobago are focusing on the flat distances, so only the less talented runners compete in the hurdles events and therefore you can make up for a lack of speed with great technique, like Shubenkov, Hejnova, Roleder, Pearson, Dutkiewicz and many more. If some of the elite sprinters would focus on the hurdles, than the white guys/girls would never again win medals there. The same is true for the 3000 m SC, if some of the top kenyan/ethiopian talentes would focus on that event, then girls like Krause or Coburn would have no chance to win a medal.

Why are you so obsessed with Germany? Want to put your money where your mouth is? If GB finishes ahead of Germany in the athletics medal table in Tokyo i will give you 100 €, if it is the other way round, you will give me 100 €. Deal?

Hoping for 2 german medals tomorrow, but it could as well be 0. Looking at how this event is going (bad attendance, bad conditions, bad schedule, too many dopers winning medals), i cant blame any of the athletes for already focusing on Tokyo.

Which athlete are you talking about?

Sure ... no point in trying to lead a discussion with you.

What an insane night for France, two medals out of nowhere! Somehow they always manage to win some miracle medals in athletics ... Glad to see Ortega without a medal. Holloway looks like a football player, especially because he doesnt seem to have a neck.

So ... ?

Sure ... in reality 44.35 would mean a 9th place in the world this year

Disgusting result in men's hammer throw. Another medal for a (confirmed) doper. I feel sorry for the french people that they are represented by someone like him. Also nice by Fajdek to set himself up for another monster choke at the olympics next year. Expected gold for DAS in the absence of SMU, SAFP, Ta Lou and Thompson. I don't see her winning more than a bronze medal next year, so this probably was a once in a lifetime chance for her. Looking at the other girls in the final i would say that she is the only one with a realistic chance to make the final in Tokyo next year. Absolutely ridiculous to see that 22.51 is enough for bronze, very hard to imagine this not being the worst medal winning performance here. Schippers will probably cry herself to sleep tonight, considering that she probably could have run 22.51 on one leg.

Nice prelim run by Klosterhalfen. The field is very weak, if she can't at least win silver here, then she should be disappointed.

Men's decathlon could get really interesting behind Mayer. LePage, Warner, Kaul, Shkurenyov and Victor all could win silver/bronze.

Why ...? Coleman and Lyles are both better than him at both the 100 m and the 200 m and as far as i know they both plan to do the double next year. I think absolute perfect case for him would be to win 2 bronze medal. Realistically he should either not win any individual medal or only 1 bronze.

The 2nd semifinal in women's 1500 m was much weaker. I think out of that heat only Houlihan has a medal chance.

Sorry, but why do the biggest retards always have to be judges at athletics competitions? Kaul clearly jumped over 7 m and they measured 6.32 m. How can they not notice the difference?

Maggie Ewen in women's shot put also with an ultra suspicious progression ... 16.82 m in 2016 and then 19.46 in 2018. If you follow athletics, you can't expect to see clean athletes, but when it is that blatantly obvious, it is just disrespectful.

On the one hand i am happy that Mayer will probably prevent a canadian gold medal, on the other hand i am always sad to see an athlete with such an ultra suspicious progression. I think Canada could very well win two medals in men's decathlon.

It says a lot that you have to specifically mention that a canadian athlete was actually born in Canada.

Please tell me that Lyles isn't really seeing some Dragonball characters as his role models ... ?