60m: Eaton already +49, aiming 6694.
60m: Eaton already +49, aiming 6694.
It's still possible! After the first day Eaton is only 1 point behind WR-schedule.
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How is his pole vault coming along? What does he need to hit in order to be ahead of WR pace?
Here were his marks in Istanbul
6.79 - 8.16 - 14.56 - 2.03 / 7.68 - 5.20 - 2:32.77
Here are his marks so far
6.66 - 7.78 - 14.88 - 2.06 / 7.64 - 5.20
As of now he is 9 points up on his pace from Istanbul. That's about .77 in the 1000m.
Who is Will Eaton? I thought the world record was held by Ashton Eaton.
Eaton is 9 points ahead of his own WR pace with just the 1k left.
The crazy thing is he's set WRs in his last 3 heptathlons.
What a stud.
And can favourite Sharon Day take the gold? Follow it step-by-step with this forecast:
http://atletiek2.webs.com/Forecast%20WC%20Sopot%202014.xlsx
World Record: 6645. Eaton's PB's together: 6870.
I don't know if he is ever going to get back to top form.
In the T&F news article where he and his coach talk about going at the 400h this year, he sounds pretty burned out.
Ashton MF-Eaton is THE MAN. (As long as he doesn't get crazy-bad plastic surgery, start wearing eye shadow, and getting all freakshow looking when he gets to be about 60.)
If he runs within 1 second (slower) than his PR in the 1k, he'll do it.
Did y'all see the photo of him in the pole vault, taken from above him up in the air camera pointing down while he's on the ascent, and he's grinning like a Cheshire Cat? I'm telling you, AE has just too much awesomeness for one man to have. Dude is killer smoooooth.
Why did he go out so slow...
garrrrrrrr. 13 points short.
It's a pitty. Hopely we will see him in good shape again next year.
In the pre-meet interview, he downplayed a WR attempt (and after first day), even saying he'd forgotten about the payday. His disappointment tells me he was in fact more anxious than he let on, and was particularly insecure about his fitness for the 1000 (he mentioned this post-race).
This will keep him hungry for next year/2016. It will be interesting to see him in the 400h.
So then he beat the WR for the hexathlon
That's funny