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That was crazy how much quicker the polish guy was than felix, you kind of expect it but he wa 4 to 5 secs quicker. She's one of the all time greats. Nice to see a new sport.
Yep, needs a bit of work to improve unpredictability (random drawing of the athletes to the leg they run, maybe) but had me on the edge of the seat hoping a Polish lass wasn't going to get mowed down!
Big WC questions though....
Where are the crowds?
Are TDK still going?
Where are the crowds?
This world championships was never about crowds.
Money yes, crowds no.
Did a bit of a double take at MJ just then......
Ah, a big MEET performer
Where are the crowds?
I went to the event in London was really good. The speed they run is unbelievable really. You kinda think they just peg it but I think it's actually skilled.
Christ it's beyond empty, seen more at a colts football match
And the crowd goes wild...
I felt sorry for the women's 100m finalists. Those 'crowds' are an utter joke. The atmosphere for a big final like that should be electric.
The organisers should be ashamed staging the world finals there. What an embarrassment.
Yeah, mixed 4s is great, I was really looking forward to it, and it didn't disappoint.
Doha is an awful choice, too hot, no one interested. Made an absolute mockery of the women's marathon, felt sorry for those that had trained all year for that shit.
The organisers should be ashamed staging the world finals there. What an embarrassment.
In an attempt to avoid the heat and humidity they run the marathon at midnight... it didn't work.
The World Cup will be interesting in 2022
28 out of 60 DNF
Still not quite beaten the 1904 Olympic Marathon 18 out of 32 DNF (from Wiki):
The men's marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis took place on August 30 of that year, over a distance of 24.85 miles (39.99 km).[2] Thirty-two athletes representing four nations competed, but only 14 managed to finish the race,[3] which proved to be a bizarre affair due to poor organization and officiating.[4]
Instead of having the marathon begin early in the morning, St. Louis organizers started it in the afternoon. Temperatures during the marathon reached 33 °C (92 °F)[5][6] and humidity reached into the 90s,[7] making the heat index during the marathon about 57 °C (135 °F). The race began and ended in the stadium, but the rest of the course was on dusty country roads with race officials riding in vehicles ahead of and behind the runners, creating dust clouds.
The only source of water for the competitors was a well at about the 11-mile mark.[4] James E. Sullivan was a chief organizer of the Olympics, and decided to allow only one water station on the 24.85 mile course of the marathon even though it was conducted in 32 °C (90 °F) heat over unpaved roads choked with dust. His ostensible reason was to conduct research on "purposeful dehydration," even though dehydration is potentially fatal. The marathon ended with the worst ratio of entrants to finishers (14 of 32) and by far the slowest winning time, 3:28:45, almost 30 minutes slower than the second slowest winning time.[7]
The first to arrive at the finish line was American runner Fred Lorz, who had actually dropped out of the race after nine miles and hitched a ride back to the stadium in a car, waving at spectators and runners alike during the ride. When the car broke down at the 19th mile, Lorz re-entered the race and jogged across the finish line.[7] After being hailed as the winner, he had his photograph taken with Alice Roosevelt, daughter of then-U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, and was about to be awarded the gold medal when his subterfuge was revealed. Upon being confronted by officials, Lorz immediately admitted his deception, and despite his claims he was joking, the AAU responded by banning him from competition for life. In any case, Lorz was reinstated in 1905 after he apologized for the stunt and it was found that he had not intended to defraud.[4][8]
British-born Thomas Hicks of the United States ended up the winner of the event, although he was aided by measures that would not have been permitted in later years. Ten miles from the finish Hicks led the race by a mile and a half, but he had to be restrained from stopping and lying down by his trainers. From then until the end of the race, Hicks received several doses of strychnine (a common rat poison, which stimulates the nervous system in small doses) mixed with brandy.[4] He continued to battle onwards, hallucinating, barely able to walk for most of the course. When he reached the stadium his support team carried him over the line, holding him in the air while he shuffled his feet as if still running. The judges decided this was acceptable, and gave him the gold medal. Hicks had to be carried off the track, and might have died in the stadium had he not been treated by several doctors.[9]
Another near-fatality during the event was William Garcia of the United States. He was found lying in the road along the marathon course with severe internal injuries caused by breathing the clouds of dust kicked up by the race officials' cars.[4] A Cuban postman named Andarín Carvajal joined the marathon, arriving at the last minute.[7] After losing all of his money in New Orleans, Louisiana, he hitchhiked to St. Louis and had to run the event in street clothes that he cut around the legs to make them look like shorts. Not having eaten in 40 hours, he stopped off in an orchard en route to have a snack on some apples, which turned out to be rotten.[7] The rotten apples caused him to have strong stomach cramps and to have to lie down and take a nap. Despite falling ill from the apples and taking a nap, he finished in fourth place.[7]
The marathon included the first two black Africans to compete in the Olympics: two Tswana tribesmen named Len Tau (real name: Len Taunyane) and Yamasani (real name: Jan Mashiani). Len Tau finished ninth and Yamasani came in twelfth. This was a disappointment, as many observers were sure Len Tau could have done better if he had not been chased nearly a mile off course by aggressive dogs
That was crazy how much quicker the polish guy was than felix, you kind of expect it but he wa 4 to 5 secs quicker.
Expect to see more of that as rules on same-sex athletes are scrapped.
With regards the 'mixed' races. Surely this is an answer to a question that no one is asking...