TomJa 64 Posted October 14, 2019 #491 Share Posted October 14, 2019 2 godziny temu, Col_Frost napisał: Here you have. They cross the finish line somewhere around 9:30, you can start watching 1-1,5 minute earlier or of course watch a whole thing I'm dissapointed. I expected them both to hit the line and it was necessary to check which trip to the finish line was before. Mengstu survived far behind despite 2 seconds off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,794 Posted October 14, 2019 #492 Share Posted October 14, 2019 8 hours ago, heywoodu said: Manager Federico Rosa is doing a good job again, miracle guy! He and Renato Canova are really a sort of "miracle guys"...for those who believe in miracles, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,735 Posted October 21, 2019 #493 Share Posted October 21, 2019 https://thebridge.in/hammer-throw-kills-17-year-old-kerala-athlete/ My goodness this is so sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted October 21, 2019 #494 Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Griff88 said: https://thebridge.in/hammer-throw-kills-17-year-old-kerala-athlete/ My goodness this is so sad Stupid incident. Completely the organizers fault. In the US, no other events are allowed to take place during the hammer throws. At meets where all events are contested, the hammer throws generally start and finish a few hours earlier than everything else. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted October 21, 2019 #495 Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said: Stupid incident. Completely the organizers fault. In the US, no other events are allowed to take place during the hammer throws. At meets where all events are contested, the hammer throws generally start and finish a few hours earlier than everything else. Which is sadly why the hammer throw is the ignored baby of athletics. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted October 21, 2019 #496 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Just now, heywoodu said: Which is sadly why the hammer throw is the ignored baby of athletics. Well they don’t even let us throw Javelin in California... Only universities can throw Javelin and there are still some of them that don’t have programs. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted October 21, 2019 #497 Share Posted October 21, 2019 In Poland hammer throw is very important part of the meetings. It's not dangerous at all, when organized well - with the cage, net and people in the field thinking about the danger and behaving appropiate to that. phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted October 21, 2019 #498 Share Posted October 21, 2019 12 minutes ago, Vojthas said: In Poland hammer throw is very important part of the meetings. It's not dangerous at all, when organized well - with the cage, net and people in the field thinking about the danger and behaving appropiate to that. Right because hammer is an important event. Most people in the US probably don’t even know the hammer throw is a thing, and our sprinters aren’t exactly the brightest...so they’d get hit often when warming up in the field if we had hammer at the same time as other events. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col_Frost 179 Posted October 21, 2019 #499 Share Posted October 21, 2019 3 godziny temu, Olympian1010 napisał: Right because hammer is an important event. Most people in the US probably don’t even know the hammer throw is a thing, and our sprinters aren’t exactly the brightest...so they’d get hit often when warming up in the field if we had hammer at the same time as other events. It's (or at least it should be) same important as any other event. It's not more dangerous than javelin. Maybe you remember how Pitkamaeki hit long jumper during Golden League meeting in Rome? So what, we should make every throws outside the competition now? Maybe let's organize them without audience, coaches, referees and more than one competitor. Than it'll be 100% safe. And remind me please, at what meeting warm up is in the center of the stadium? Or maybe you assumed that hammer can fly to place where 100m start is (or to warm up arena)? Safe is very important but it also not very hard to ensure. Get very good net and make sure that no one will be in throw area, that's it. And you don't have move this event hours before any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted October 21, 2019 #500 Share Posted October 21, 2019 4 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: Right because hammer is an important event. I'm still not sure whether or not this is sarcastic. As a fan of sports, it shouldn't be, but I'm not sure. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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