iaaf world championships 2017
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Tom Walsh with a seasons best and Jacko Gill also have qualified for the final.
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See a headline (didn't read it) Eliza snuck past qualifying ...
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Mo was magic last night winning the 10,000m
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Bolt third, New talent Justin Coleman Second and Justin Gatlin First in the mens 100m. In my mind there is an Asterix by Gatlins name because of his drug cheat history.
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@MiketheSnow said in iaaf world championships 2017:
Mo was magic last night winning the 10,000m
Magic? Is that a name for a new kind of drug?
I struggle to engage with track any more. There is so much dodginess not getting picked up - the Russians, the Jamaicans, some of the Brits - it's everywhere. And no high profile athlete is getting picked up in testing... I shouldn't be even reading this thread as I'm reacting.
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@mikedogz said in iaaf world championships 2017:
Bolt third, New talent Justin Coleman Second and Justin Gatlin First in the mens 100m. In my mind there is an Asterix by Gatlins name because of his drug cheat history.
Asterix? There should be a line through his name.
I totally understand @nzzp point of view, but I can't quite bring myself to quit on track and field. Bolt is the big one isn't he? If he was found to be juicing that, I think would be it for me.
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@Catogrande Remember Dorian Yates the body builder Cato?
He was on Joe Rogan podcast and given he's lived with the juice, his thoughts on the doping at all levels of pro athletics (and other info on steroids) resigns me to the thought that we've all been taken for a ride, for a very long time. (e.g. Everyone in the 1988 Olympic 100m final was juiced but only Ben got shat on)
Like the fats vs sugar vs food pyramid disinformation I think we've been thrown a strawman on the steroids usage/effects prevalence. Similarly too much water under the bridge for the truth to come out about drug use at the highest level - my take is the actual truth would erode 50 odd years of records and competitions
But I'm a pessimistic bugger these days...
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@Siam Yeah but what to do when you want to believe in the strawman?
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@mikedogz said in iaaf world championships 2017:
Bolt third, New talent Justin Coleman Second and Justin Gatlin First in the mens 100m. In my mind there is an Asterix by Gatlins name because of his drug cheat history.
Definitely.
Good to see Michael Johnson denounce it. BBC gone disappointingly quiet
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@nzzp said in iaaf world championships 2017:
@MiketheSnow said in iaaf world championships 2017:
Mo was magic last night winning the 10,000m
Magic? Is that a name for a new kind of drug?
I struggle to engage with track any more. There is so much dodginess not getting picked up - the Russians, the Jamaicans, some of the Brits - it's everywhere. And no high profile athlete is getting picked up in testing... I shouldn't be even reading this thread as I'm reacting.
The Verve were right all along then.
The winning time was 30 seconds slower than the current world record time.
I'm a nieve 'innocent until proven guilty' watcher and put Mo's dominance down to hard work, tactical acumen, and a body shape suited to his chosen distance.
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Eliza McCarthy will come 9th. Tom Walsh currently in the lead.
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Are they showing the shotput? Not seen any on the channel we have on at work here. Just had 800m shown
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@JK said in iaaf world championships 2017:
Are they showing the shotput? Not seen any on the channel we have on at work here. Just had 800m shown
Nah!
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Showing Tom now 21.70 that time. Still leading with his 21.75
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@JK Showing it but only showing the leading throwers which means we can still see his throws
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The american Crouser looks to be having a mare. Has to do it on his last throw
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Looking good with one more throw to go.
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What Channel?
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pop up 56
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Found!!
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guaranteed top 2
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CHAMPION!!!
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You Beauty!
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22.03m BOOMFA!
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Good onya Tom!
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Emphatic from Walsh to take the gold.
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I wonder what that other big hua threw in the throw before Toms?
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Mo Farrah interview after his race made me see why he's captured the British hearts - just a real lovely guy, huge smile and genuinely very charismatic.
No problems with Gatlin for me. If your allowed to compete then so be it. He deserves his victory as much as all the other competitors.
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@Hooroo looked st least 22.25 or so! HUGE
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I thought it looked to hit the line like Tom's? Not really debating it but would be interesting to know.
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Live coverage thread (with video of last throw):
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@MajorRage problem for me is that a lot of ped use offers benefits after you've stopped taking them. So those athletes have gained an advantage, and continue to benefit even after they sit out their ban and come back 'clean'. For a guy like Gatland that's been done twice that's just a rort imo.
But the rules let him compete... can't blame Gatland for that.
I reckon we have a doped version and a clean version. But the only problem with that is the doped version would be better viewing!!
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But fuck yeah, Tom Walsh!! Go you good thing!
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@MajorRage said in iaaf world championships 2017:
@Hooroo looked st least 22.25 or so! HUGE
22.08 it was recorded at. He has appealed his non throw and could take the medal off Tom
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Protest not successful apparently
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Heard Seb Coe on radio this morning. Definitely unhappy about Gatlin competing. Made point IAAF had tried first to get a lifetime ban and then an eight year ban but first Gatlin's first ban was watered down and then IAAF bans were overturned.
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@dogmeat I definitely believe he was mate
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@Paekakboyz said in iaaf world championships 2017:
@MajorRage problem for me is that a lot of ped use offers benefits after you've stopped taking them. So those athletes have gained an advantage, and continue to benefit even after they sit out their ban and come back 'clean'. For a guy like Gatland that's been done twice that's just a rort imo.
But the rules let him compete... can't blame Gatland for that.
He deservedly gets boo-ed though!
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