heywoodu 13,499 Posted September 29, 2020 #381 Share Posted September 29, 2020 2 hours ago, dcro said: Yeah, but we mustn't forget how athletics program usually moves along at snail pace. With all the waiting involved, 6-7 heats of 800 m take about 50 minutes or something. Try keeping the times a secret for that long... Hence my doubts about how realistic that would be. I can see the DQ's 'for knowing a prior result' coming in already 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...
dcro 10,172 Posted September 29, 2020 #382 Share Posted September 29, 2020 59 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Hence my doubts about how realistic that would be. I can see the DQ's 'for knowing a prior result' coming in already At least until CAS overturns that... #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,095 Posted September 29, 2020 #383 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Can’t wait for “innovative” Olympics formats, such as the Marathon being decided by a 100m sprint among the first 8 athletes to finish the Marathon. mrv86, intoronto and Bearas 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted September 29, 2020 #384 Share Posted September 29, 2020 4 hours ago, dcro said: Yeah, but we mustn't forget how athletics program usually moves along at snail pace. With all the waiting involved, 6-7 heats of 800 m take about 50 minutes or something. Try keeping the times a secret for that long... Morning qualification, empty stadium, all the Dutch team have to do for the 800m quals is have a guy in an orange shirt sitting on the crown of bend hold up a sign saying 5, 6 or whatever and they’d know that qual time is 1:45.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,672 Posted September 29, 2020 #385 Share Posted September 29, 2020 2 hours ago, NearPup said: Can’t wait for “innovative” Olympics formats, such as the Marathon being decided by a 100m sprint among the first 8 athletes to finish the Marathon. And among those 8 athletes have to be at least one athlete of each skin colour, different religion and LGBT person Edit: Of course for keeping equality mrv86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted September 29, 2020 #386 Share Posted September 29, 2020 2 hours ago, rybak said: LGBT person You mean... one L, one G, one B, one T... for keeping equality, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted September 29, 2020 #387 Share Posted September 29, 2020 but better to keep 2m distances during the races as well mrv86 and rybak 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted October 2, 2020 #388 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Last regular live track meet of the season from Nairobi tomorrow.* Hope there’s some kind of crowd, Kenyan home fans are always mad keen. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/how-follow-2020-continental-tour-gold There’s also the London Marathon on Sunday, don’t know what coverage is like internationally, but it’s all on the BBC. * There’s a special all-distance meet from Valencia on Wednesday, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,672 Posted October 2, 2020 #389 Share Posted October 2, 2020 10 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: There’s also the London Marathon on Sunday, don’t know what coverage is like internationally, but it’s all on the BBC. Do you have an entry list for that race? I couldn't find it anywhere. During this event runners can qualify to Olympics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted October 2, 2020 #390 Share Posted October 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, rybak said: Do you have an entry list for that race? I couldn't find it anywhere. During this event runners can qualify to Olympics? The qualification period doesn't recommence until 1st December, so the answer to your last question is no. Next year's London marathon will count towards qualification though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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