Other 15th IAAF Athletics World Championships 22–30 August 2015

[pepsi]

And on the 110m hurdles final, it's hard to take a Russian gold medallist seriously.

I thought he just ran an incredibly clean race. Cleared all hurdles beautifully and kept his stride through the race. While most of his competitors were knocking hurdles left, right and centre.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

3rd and 5th fastest women ever in one race produce the 4th and =6th fastest. What would Allyson Felix now 6th fastest ever done in that race if she hadnt run the 400m

POS BIB ATHLETE MARK DETAIL REACTION TIME
1 622 Dafne SCHIPPERS

NED 21.63 CR 0.149
2 520 Elaine THOMPSON

JAM 21.66 PB 0.195
3 508 Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN

JAM 21.97 SB 0.142

Historical results
http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_200ok.htm
1 21.34 +1.3 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA 21.12.59 1 Seoul 29.09.1988
2 21.56 +1.7 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA 21.12.59 1s1 Seoul 29.09.1988
3 21.62A -0.6 Marion Jones USA 12.10.75 1 Johannesburg 11.09.1998
4 21.64 +0.8 Merlene Ottey JAM 10.05.60 1 Bruxelles 13.09.1991
5 21.66 -1.0 Merlene Ottey JAM 10.05.60 1rA Zürich 15.08.1990
6 21.69 +1.0 Allyson Felix USA 18.11.85 1 Eugene 30.06.2012
7 21.71 +0.7 Marita Koch GDR 18.02.57 1 Karl-Marx-Stadt 10.06.1979

 

[Max Power 83]

3rd and 5th fastest women ever in one race produce the 4th and =6th fastest. What would Allyson Felix now 6th fastest ever done in that race if she hadnt run the 400m

POS BIB ATHLETE MARK DETAIL REACTION TIME
1 622 Dafne SCHIPPERS

NED 21.63 CR 0.149
2 520 Elaine THOMPSON

JAM 21.66 PB 0.195
3 508 Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN

JAM 21.97 SB 0.142

Historical results
http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_200ok.htm
1 21.34 +1.3 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA 21.12.59 1 Seoul 29.09.1988
2 21.56 +1.7 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA 21.12.59 1s1 Seoul 29.09.1988
3 21.62A -0.6 Marion Jones USA 12.10.75 1 Johannesburg 11.09.1998
4 21.64 +0.8 Merlene Ottey JAM 10.05.60 1 Bruxelles 13.09.1991
5 21.66 -1.0 Merlene Ottey JAM 10.05.60 1rA Zürich 15.08.1990
6 21.69 +1.0 Allyson Felix USA 18.11.85 1 Eugene 30.06.2012
7 21.71 +0.7 Marita Koch GDR 18.02.57 1 Karl-Marx-Stadt 10.06.1979

What were they thinking with the schedule? Felix is the female Bolt, with the talent, charisma, and like ability of Usain, but they don't give her a chance to shine.

I thought after MJ the schedule change was permanent.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

As Tim Hutchings and Martin Gillingham said the effort by Olympic Champion Aires Merritt who is going to get a kidney replacement - donated by his sister and reckons he is only 65% fit - to win a bronze medal is an unbelievable effort.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

On a minor note it was fantastic to see the great Alberto Juantorenna - 'El Caballo' -the horse - present the medals for the the triple jump, probably hoping to present gold to Cuban Pichardo. Juantorenna is the only man to do the 400-800 double at the 1976 Olympics. He was the first Olympian great I idiolised as a kid because I ran 800's.

Long time BBC sports broadcaster David Coleman - a bit like Bruce did a lot of sports inc athletics made the famous call in the 800m when Juantorenna broke away and got 2m on his opponents in about 10m at the top of the home straight in the 800 finals - "The big Cuban opened his legs and showed his class." Commentary ****-ups in Britain became known as the Colemanball after that.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Wow that 100 hurdles was a bit of a shock - another Jamaican sprinting event gold. 5 fastest women in the world this year were Americans, 3 + defending champion Rollins. The 6th fastest was Brit Porter with 12.56. The winner Williams ran 12.57, a PB, as did the silver and bronze medalists.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

What were they thinking with the schedule? Felix is the female Bolt, with the talent, charisma, and like ability of Usain, but they don't give her a chance to shine.

I thought after MJ the schedule change was permanent.

After he retired they changed it back. But I dont think they ever changed the women's schedule, just the mens

 

[Max Power 83]

After he retired they changed it back. But I dont think they ever changed the women's schedule, just the mens

Really? I thought Cathy ran both at Sydney

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Really? I thought Cathy ran both at Sydney

You are right Gainsford Taylor finished 6th and Freeman 7th - which I reckon both would be moved up a place after Jones had her medal stripped.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Really? I thought Cathy ran both at Sydney

Felix didnt run the 400m at either Beijing or London so it was changed for those games as she was a leading runner in those years. She was only 18 at Athens and I dont reckon she ran 400m - fast enough back then to be top 3 in the USA.

 

[TheGreatBambino]

Who wins mens 4 x 100m relay ? Jamaica missing Blake

 

[Rustin Cohle]

This commentator wants to bang Ashton Eaton.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

These decathletes are running a 5 minute mile pace or 3 minute km pace and it looks slow. **** that's scary.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Needs a 4.18.32 to break his world record. He's going for it.

DONE IT 4.17xx

9045 pts - up from his 9039

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Wow great way to get the girls out for the relay. Come outa as a quartet and get them to pose a bit for the camera. The first out were the Canadians who looked great and posed very seductively.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

41.07 the Jamaican's were home easily. Super smooth. 2nd fastest ever relay in history

 

[Rob]

These decathletes are running a 5 minute mile pace or 3 minute km pace and it looks slow. **** that's scary.

Yeah, I was watching that and thought the same thing. I'm a mid 4:20's runner in the 1500 and it suddenly occurred to me how pathetically slow I must look out there.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Bolt and co do it again

Well the yanks ****ed that up

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

China the bronze - bloody hell!

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

That's right Tim Hutchings the first two Jamaican change overs were poor and Gatlin put a big gap on Powell but the 3rd Jamaican put pressure on Gay and then the last US runner Rodgers shat himself knowing the gap had closed and Bolt was about to come.

 

[Aussie Assault]

The final British change makes me chuckle after watching Euro bloody Sports all week

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Bolt does the triple triple - 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m at 3 world champs in 2009, 2013 and 2015 and if he didnt **** up the 100m start getting Dqed in 2011 he would have the quadruple triple.

He also has the double triple at the Olympics and at this stage I will put money on him getting the triple triple in Rio next year.
Read more at http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threa...r-thread.965949/page-2230#LURt6ICKVEcOBJsX.99

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Bloody selfy sticks.

Yanks Dqed for change over outside box for Gay to Rodgers. If it was smooth Rodgers would have had 2m on Bolt.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

So China now get Silver and Canada bronze. Yanks being yanks there will be a long protest no doubt.

 

[Max Power 83]

It always amazes me how poor some of the baton changes are at this level. Can't even execute the basics. You see kids do it better.