We Ain't Good wrote:
American born 800 men, 1500, 5k, 10k athletes
^ This
How, in Trump's America, do we continue to celebrate the African transplants who are taking team spots from American-born athletes?
We Ain't Good wrote:
American born 800 men, 1500, 5k, 10k athletes
^ This
How, in Trump's America, do we continue to celebrate the African transplants who are taking team spots from American-born athletes?
The very same way Indian born engineers are taking away jobs from born Americans. Very simple really- as long as skin color doesn't provide a preferential position, those who are the best always rise to the top.
Dropping to the back of the pack is simply a runner's statement that they know they're up against their betters. Maybe they'll all get tangled up on the last lap and the caboose can cruise through to victory. The ones we admire for front running (such as Wilson, Coburn, Jager, Muir, Flanagan, perhaps Centrowitz from time to time) also have the talent to compete on a level playing field. Otherwise its grand just to have made the final. The jaw dropping surprise in the steeplechase was not Coburn but Frerichs. Whatever made her believe she was good enough to compete for a medal - she's certainly not fast enough.
Awsi Dooger wrote:
I've had a live long disgust at American middle distance runners who somehow think it's brilliant to drop to the rear of the pack. The trend continues so that's the disappointment along with reason to relentlessly mock them. At least the women are starting to figure it out. Credit to Ajee Wilson.
I fully believe closers should be excluded from the American trials, just like the race walkers who are shown the red card.
Sorry, you're not worthy. Stop wasting our time.
Otherwise I was very disappointed in Ayana's strategy in the 5000 today. Fortunately I did not have money on her, unlike last year in the Olympics.
Seemingly it shouldn't be complicated at all. Ayana is easily the best in the world at clicking off one 69 or 70 second lap after another and then lowering it slightly if needed. That's the pace she finds in the midsection of the 10,000 and holds to the finish. But somehow she over thinks the 5000 and winds up with a considerably worse final time that her second half of the 10,000. Makes zero sense.
IMO, Ayana should ignore the rest of the field and get in that 69-70 second comfort zone from the outset of the 5000. You'll ruin virtually everyone in the field plus it doesn't require much thought. Subjectivity is a killer.
Today Obiri undoubtedly would have gone with her but that's fine. Make Obiri prove it, especially if you drop later to 67 and 68 range over let's say the final half of the race. That would equate to a time Ayana has run but Obiri has not. Instead, Ayana today similar to the Olympics allowed a ridiculously slow pace and then started inserting 65 type laps.
When that race began with 82 and 78 second laps it favored the runner with a 1500 background like Obiri.
The lack of intelligent commentary here on LR... but perhaps that should not surprise any of us long-timers.
Not enough Caster moose knuckle pics?
Murphy, Berian, Brazier should have all been in the finals, but two didn't make it to World's, Berian never competed this year, and Brazier didn't make the final with a golden opportunity against weaker competition to draft off of McBride just as he did in his collegiate record race.
Surprised about Amos. Disappointed that Jager had third, but of course Kipruto was healthy, surprise, surprise, and it is very tough to win an 8:11 race when there are two guys drafting off of you much of the way. If he had gone hard from the gun and then still had that 2:03 ability for the last 2 laps, he would have had a better shot.
Surprised to see the baton go around for all four U.S. relays--but that is what happens when you replace an incompetent with a competent relay coach. Surprising that both men's relays got walked down though by those athletes/countries. Great Britain?? They don't even have a top sprinter.
Jamaica's performance (except Omar McLeod). The mysterious removal of Elaine from the 4x100m final, the allegedly cat fight between Shericka and Stephanie that cost them a medal at the 4x400m. Jamaica, get your $%1t together.
critic 100 wrote:
NBC's terrible coverage. Wish we could choose between NBC or the Brits telecasts.
Pulled this from tracktalk.net. Had a great championships through BBC in HD on the big screen.
https://twitter.com/zenmiler/status/894305288693698560Thats easy, XYs racing XXs.
The fact that Bolt hasn't yet been busted.
Just another guy wrote:
Thats easy, XYs racing XXs.
I was rather disappointed that Wambui didn't take the bronze. This crap will continue as long as the women are somewhat competitive against the men.
OregonSteepler wrote:
Les wrote:That a 35-year-old twice-convicted doper wins track & field's showcase event.
Agree 100%
Time for Gatlin to go. Was fine with Bolt or Coleman or anyone else but Gatlin taking it.
Agreed.
Makwala being unjustly barred from the 400m by IAAF incompetence, bureaucracy, and officiousness. I really wanted to see Makwala vs. WVN.
Rocket2 wrote:
Women's racing is being destroyed by these kind of results.
Oh yeah... so destroyed...
The 800 women can thank caster for forcing them to run decent times. Remember when 1:58/1:59 was good on the world stage? That's NCAA crap - not world class.
Macdaddy wrote:
Rocket2 wrote:Women's racing is being destroyed by these kind of results.
Oh yeah... so destroyed...
The 800 women can thank caster for forcing them to run decent times. Remember when 1:58/1:59 was good on the world stage? That's NCAA crap - not world class.
When was that, the 1960's? Caster has not caused anyone to run faster.
happy for ajee, but... wrote:
Just another guy wrote:Thats easy, XYs racing XXs.
I was rather disappointed that Wambui didn't take the bronze. This crap will continue as long as the women are somewhat competitive against the men.
I think Ajee's run was the most underrated performance. An amazing bronze, she should be proud of that race.
Beatrice Chepkoech missing the water pit is the biggest disappointment, by a mile. Then falling shortly thereafter after a hurdle jump. Just mentally absent. The thread posted here claiming she was the best athlete in the race was one dumbest things I've ever read. Championship races are about tactics and race smarts. Saying she's better than Coburn is like saying Keni Harrison is a better athlete than Sally Pearson.
Gold medals don't lie.
Bigly Disappointing wrote:
We Ain't Good wrote:American born 800 men, 1500, 5k, 10k athletes
^ This
How, in Trump's America, do we continue to celebrate the African transplants who are taking team spots from American-born athletes?
Because they are not "taking" the spots, they are earning them.
Not really a disappointment, but more of a shock Dibaba DFL'ing in the 1500 was super surprising
US men's distance runner. Save and except for Paul Chelimo, the US distance/middle distance runners were nowhere even close to medal contention in any event from 800 to 10k. It was like back to square one for US distance runners this year.
I would have liked to see Bolt finish the 4x1 relay. Maybe he would have won, maybe he would have lost (more likely), but that was an ugly ending to his sprinting career.