Originally Posted by Gavitar:
“The adidas ones aren't much better. Just lots of grey & black all round this year.
do something about the kit situation. When 90% of a distance race are wearing the same colours, it's difficult even for committed fans to follow properly. It must be really off-putting for the "casual fan". The situation in the sprints isn't much better.”
Yeah it's not even as if you can say all the athletes in distance races have very distinctive looks. They are mainly from the same two countries and casual fans will not be able to tell some steeplechasers from some 10,000 m runners. It's a joke. It's not about the athlete but about the brand (obviously).
As much as I hate the fluorescent arm bands and the head bands, at least it gives people something to recognise the athlete by. Tony McQuay has stopped wearing his headband for some reason but casual fans may notice Mike Rodgers more than say... Ogunode because he is 'the one who wears the headband'.
What bothers me more than that though is that the colour scheme is so DULL.
Originally Posted by Tiger Rose:
“The start of the 800 was a mess, they should have been recalled & restarted.”
How can the pace maker be behind the pack? Bram Som was facing the wrong way for goodness sake! There was a mess last week in the men's 1500m as well.
Highlight of the meet was the men's 4x100 at the end. Not.