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Old 15-08-2016, 02:18
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Wow,I have never seen anything in my life like that before now. So close to sub 43! Weltclasse could be something else this year.
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Old 15-08-2016, 09:14
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Wow,I have never seen anything in my life like that before now. So close to sub 43! Weltclasse could be something else this year.
Yep, an incredible performance. Really wasn't expecting it. We're entering the era of sub 43 racing. British commentators will need to stop saying someone's had a good run because they crept under 45. They won't though as they still hype sub 10 runs.

It's funny that BBC TV and Radio are going on about Team GB and Bolt this morning and this is barely getting any coverage.
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Old 15-08-2016, 11:24
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Hmf.

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Things that surprised me:

-Cichocka out
-Adam K out. I expected him to medal for sure. He's been so good all year. What happened to Poland? Cichocka came last in semi and looked horrible
-Elaine winning 100. After semi I thouight SAFP would take it
-Christine out. Expected her to at least make final.

Things that didnt surprise me

-ADG winning bronze
.WnR winning on new WR. He came very close last year.
-Dafne missing medal. She didn't look that good. Will be suprised if she takes gold in 200. Even medal can be hard.

For now
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Old 15-08-2016, 11:58
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Wow,I have never seen anything in my life like that before now. So close to sub 43! Weltclasse could be something else this year.
Eric Liddle famously won in the outside lane in Paris 1924, ran the race as a sprint (unusually at the time seemingly) and broke the world record (time 47.6) in winning the Olympic title.

Its all about era's and it has moved on again.

Fantastic viewing.
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Old 15-08-2016, 13:13
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Im so happy bolt won. No way did i want a cheat like gatlin winning it not that i ever thought he could. Hopefully bolt can add 200 and 4x100 too. Would of loved to have seen him try the 400 but a bit too late now I'd expect age wise.
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Old 15-08-2016, 13:27
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That run by WvN was amazing! When the clock turned 40 then 41 I thought we were going to see 42.9x. Nevertheless, WOW!

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Things that surprised me:

-Cichocka out
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Yep, very surprised. She just had nothing left. Nothing wrong with little Sofia Ennaoui's famous kick though. I'm really pleased she made the final. Doing her usual thing in these top races, 2 metres off the back of the field with 250 to go ... she must give her coach and family heart attacks every time she races!

Thought the last lap of the 2nd 1500 semi was fascinating. Dibaba, Hassan and Muir were absolutely flying between 1100 and 1400 - each of them covered it in inbetween 42.3 and 42.5 (!) ... Dibaba looked flat out, even in the last 100, but Hassan pretty much stuck with her - it seems Hassan has got some of her zip back. With my slightly biased Laura hat on I'd say that Laura took her foot off the gas a bit in the last 100 so she also looks great. Given that Dibaba couldn't really shake them both off that convincingly I'm going to flip-flop and now say that Kipyegon is the marginal favourite for gold and Laura faces an almighty scrap with Hassan & Seyaum for bronze. Whatever the case, it's an absolutely stacked event these days.
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Old 15-08-2016, 13:34
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Dagne looking good. Hoping for my good buddy VCB to medal
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Old 15-08-2016, 13:36
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That run by WvN was amazing! When the clock turned 40 then 41 I thought we were going to see 42.9x. Nevertheless, WOW!



Yep, very surprised. She just had nothing left. Nothing wrong with little Sofia Ennaoui's famous kick though. I'm really pleased she made the final. Doing her usual thing in these top races, 2 metres off the back of the field with 250 to go ... she must give her coach and family heart attacks every time she races!

Thought the last lap of the 2nd 1500 semi was fascinating. Dibaba, Hassan and Muir were absolutely flying between 1100 and 1400 - each of them covered it in inbetween 42.3 and 42.5 (!) ... Dibaba looked flat out, even in the last 100, but Hassan pretty much stuck with her - it seems Hassan has got some of her zip back. With my slightly biased Laura hat on I'd say that Laura took her foot off the gas a bit in the last 100 so she also looks great. Given that Dibaba couldn't really shake them both off that convincingly I'm going to flip-flop and now say that Kipyegon is the marginal favourite for gold and Laura faces an almighty scrap with Hassan & Seyaum for bronze. Whatever the case, it's an absolutely stacked event these days.
Ennaoui was good and a bit lucky.

Id say Muir is a clear favouirte for at leats a bronze
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Old 15-08-2016, 13:38
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Who was the last white sprinter to compete for the US in a big championship?
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Old 15-08-2016, 13:44
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Ahye looked fantastic!
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Old 15-08-2016, 13:45
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Looking forward to the women's steeplechase final at 3.15. Seeing the way Jebet ran her heat I wouldn't bet against another World Record.
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Old 15-08-2016, 13:52
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Who was the last white sprinter to compete for the US in a big championship?
In recent years I can only recall Jeremy Wariner in the 400.
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Old 15-08-2016, 14:10
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Bahamas doing really badly...
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Old 15-08-2016, 14:15
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Many of the women looking very good in 200. Almost more than in 100...
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Old 15-08-2016, 14:20
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OMG.
I think VCB is out
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Old 15-08-2016, 14:22
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SHe finished in another lane also in Beijing last year and it also happened before. Hmf.
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Old 15-08-2016, 14:46
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Guy from Eritrea who leads now is apparently 18. He looks at least 30
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Old 15-08-2016, 14:56
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Guy from Eritrea who leads now is apparently 18. He looks at least 30
Yet another issue for Seb Coe to tackle. It doesn't really matter at senior level of course, but it does for the Junior & Youth championships.

However, if some of them don't have birth certificates or certain countries don't have registers of all births, I'm not sure what you can do. Apparently there's something about bone development in late teens that can be an indicator of age but it sounds like an imprecise science.
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Old 15-08-2016, 15:01
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Non-native Turk falls in the 3rd heat. Karma.
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Old 15-08-2016, 15:02
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Early stages but Sophie Hitchon into 3rd place with 73.29.
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Old 15-08-2016, 15:07
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Non-native Turk falls in the 3rd heat. Karma.
Hahaha.
No empathy from you then

Almost WR from Anita
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Old 15-08-2016, 15:16
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False start in the steeple final.

34 degrees Centigrade now. Scorcher!
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Old 15-08-2016, 15:19
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Another WR!!!! Anita W 82.29.

She had 9 boiled eggs for breakfast according to Steve Backley!
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Old 15-08-2016, 15:21
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Slow start in steeple final but Jebet now through 1k in 3:06 so the WR is still on ...
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Old 15-08-2016, 15:23
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OMG - a 2:54 km split for Jebet ... 6:00 at 2k.
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