Any links to watch live for free? BBC didn't seem to have one.
Any links to watch live for free? BBC didn't seem to have one.
ill post one if BBC has one, waiting for 2pm EST rn
Post race videos will be uploaded as the meet takes place to youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/letsrundotcom/videos?shelf_id=1&view=0&sort=dd
A schedule of events is here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/08/schedule-entries-results-2017-weltklasse-zurich/
If you missed our extensive Q&A with Coburn, catch up now
2016 Olympic champion Caterine Ibarguen was looking to make it five straight DL titles tonight, but she was undone by 2012 Olympic champion Olga
Rypakova of Kazakhstan, whose 14.55 leap in round three beat out Ibarguen by three centimeters -- the second narrow defeat for Ibarguen this month (she lost Worlds by two centimeters).
Under the old scoring system, Ibarguen, who posted three wins, a second and a third on the 2017 DL circuit, would have won the title handily but tonight she had to settle for third. This was the first time Ibarguen finished lower than second in any competition in over five years (h/t Jon Mulkeen).
Cbc sports stream is up and great.
Will Emma Coburn emerge as the top steepler yet again? And will she break 9:00?
So many good story lines.
We preview the mid-d and distance races for you below.
2miler wrote:
Any links to watch live for free? BBC didn't seem to have one.
You Tube has been reliable all season for me, you get Cram and the other Brit, decent coverage.
i agree with Malmo here.history has shown these meets never deliver fast times in the distance events, at least not by athletes who ran well at the WC's or Olympics
malmo wrote:
Hmmm Mo wrote:+1 All excellent points here.
None are excellent points.
It's the end of a long season. What follows a World Championship is anticlimactic. The season is already over, physically and mentally. Focus, anticipation and energy have been replaced by a growing ennui. The athletes are ready to go home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF2gA6NfyGQ
Can someone tell me why they even have non DL meets at this meet?
A big part of the TV window is this 400h which isn't DL and then a 4 x 100? I don't get it.
It's worth noting that Carter won't be in the DL final. While she won Monaco , that wasn't a DL event so that didn't count and she was only 7th at Pre.
Host countries often stage non DL events as trail or qualifying races for local athletes. Relays can be qualifies for European champs or for Junior champs.
Women’s 400 hurdles: Zuzana Hejnova wins it
The Diamond League final isn’t until next week in Brussels, so many of the top women in the event (including all three London medalists) skipped this one. Two-time world champ Zuzana Hejnova still ran well, however, clocking a season’s best of 54.13 to take the win after Olympic silver medalist Sara Petersen led most of the way.
It’s worth noting that world champ Kori Carter won’t be in the DL final next week as she didn’t qualify. Her only official DL result this year was a 7th place showing at Pre (2 points) as while she won in Monaco, that win didn’t count in the DL standings as the 400h wasn’t a DL event in Monaco.
Rank Nat Name Time
1 CZE HEJNOVÃ Zuzana 54.13
SB
2 DEN PETERSEN Sara Slott 54.35 = SB
3 SUI SPRUNGER Léa 54.66
4 SUI FONTANIVE Petra 54.66
5 GBR DOYLE Eilidh 55.09
6 RSA NEL Wenda 55.86
7 ITA PEDROSO Yadisleidis 56.15
8 GER BAUMANN Jackie 58.55
Trial, even
Cheruyiot 3:33.93
Kiplagat 2nd, Manangoi 3rd, Kiprop 4th.
Ingerbitsen DFL or close to it.
Silas Kiplagat is NOT done.
Lavillenie NH in PV
dot.com lets run wrote:
i agree with Malmo here.
history has shown these meets never deliver fast times in the distance events, at least not by athletes who ran well at the WC's or Olympics
Ayana was an exception last year. She ran 14:18 in the 5000 for currently the 9th fastest time in history during a Diamond League final less than three weeks after Rio. It is the fastest time ever run in the women's 5000 after the month of July.
Of course, Ayana was annoyed at herself for blowing the Olympic 5000 so she had incentive to run well. She toyed with Obiri in that Brussels race.
Ayana actually fell shy of her goal in the race because she wanted to break the world record of 14:11.
BTW, Jebet won the Olympic gold in the steeplechase last year and then lowered the world record by 6 seconds from 8:58 to 8:52 later in the season. So there are distance exceptions, at least on the women's side.
Barshim and Bondarenko only jumpers left at 2.31, cleared 2.28
Old Ultra Guy wrote:
Barshim and Bondarenko only jumpers left at 2.31, cleared 2.28
Sorry, Ghazal also over 2.28
Ugh! You Tube stream went down 14 min. into the meet. Anywhere else for folks living remote?
Cheruiyot made it look easy. I don't think of him quite on the level with Manangoi yet or even Kiprop but clearly he is.
Nice win.
Ingebrigtsen really faded.
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