The IAAF has requested that LR.com No Long Post Post-Race Interviews? WHY??

its a conspiracy just like we never landed on the moon

The Brojos just got lazy and blamed it on the IAAF. Chill.

Interviews so far have been extremely good- this is ridiculous. They were helping people connect with the athletes.

Just because they requested it, does LR have to comply? Why do they even issue press passes? Are they surprised that material is being posted on the interwebs? Just doesn't make sense.

I would reply, but I may get banned from ever posting again.

I for one am bummed. The post race interviews were an absolute highlight. Quality commentary straight from the athletes is know taboo. Likewise cool inside stories (like Spearman telling Khadevis of his crazy, sic heat at breakfast) are lost. Does this really help the sport?

They could revoke Weldon's accreditation and he'd have no onsight access to any of the athletes. And they wouldn't issue him another one for any other IAAF event in the future.

Sounds like the IAAF wants to do what TAC did years ago, try to destroy the public's interest in T&F. Nothing like Uber-control. Just a stupid decision on their part.

I think we finally know whos at the head of the IAAF: Kim Jung Il

efgrdrgg wrote:

I think we finally know whos at the head of the IAAF: Kim Jung Il

NBC.

They're taking the Flotrack way to appear as a fresh underdog against the big, evil, archaic entities of track and field.

Where did you see this?

big brother media wrote:

Where did you see this?

Geez, and this is for all of you who don't bother to read the brojo's articles/reports on the home page...BE A REAL FAN AND READ THE WHOLE SITE, NOT JUST THE SODA JERK MESSAGE BOARDS!

This is about the 12th time during the WC's that someone has either asked where a piece of information is, or challenged the validity of a piece of information.

--It is in one of the daily reports from Day 7 events.

I wonder if it is because of the fame of the Semenya interviews on worldwide television, or posting the video .

EITHER WAY, IT TOTALLY SUCKS.

It has removed a feel of "inside look" and a sense of closeness with the athletes.

These interviews really added to reporting, expanded our feel for these athletes as humans, how they approach their sport etc - truly adding layers and levels of understanding and appreciation...

I think we readers should mount an Email Campaign, after the WC's and see if we can get this draconian policy overturned before the next event.

Ironically, I was thinking just before this that the IAAF actually gets a lot of things right... 5 minutes later I read that they dropped the hammer on LR.com.

At least my bet is that it is because LR.com got worldwide exposure for their interviews of Semenya, something that was a total fluke...Not LR's fault that they professionally interviewed everyone...when others did not.

What the IAAF gets wrong...is they try to conduct their boards and ambassaderships as ROYALTY. While it adds dignity for the Olympians etc., it is going a tad over the top.

And they are being iron fisted on this no video interviews policy.

Essentially what this move does...is it damages every newspaper and web news outlets ability to tell the story of the meet and the races. In the case of Newspapers, posting video, and video interviews within hours of the race, allows Newspapers to compete with television and compete on the web...and help a dying industry do better on the web.

It is a very stodgy backward policy.

The athletes seemed to love being interviewed, and the athletes being younger than the old farts of IAAF royalty, totally get the new technology...they know about blogging, they get how to use the video feature to do a v-log with their smart phone.

This is an arrogant, and fan harming kneejerk reaction to something..and I bet the brojo's can't post the truth about why they were asked to stop posting post race interviews...without risking reprisals by the IAAF.

If you have enjoyed the interviews this week...many great rich details of athlete experience, race details, were gleaned from these interviews, and often mentioned on the event boards here...then you should be outraged and prepared to do something about this post WC's...

Your Raves and more wrote:

Geez, and this is for all of you who don't bother to read the brojo's articles/reports on the home page...

If you're not a bozo then post the link, instead of taking up 1/2 the page with nonsensical ramblings.

Are you really that lazy of a turd that you cannot read the front page articles on this site?

Sorry, I am not going to reward lazy message board only readers.

Read the front page race reports, dimwit.

POST THE GAWDDARN LINK ALREADY!!!!!

Okay, now that you've asked nicely, how can I resist.

But really boys, one of the things the brojos do best and fastest is post race anaysis, so read the front page reports!

It is in the article on the men's marathon:

http://www.letsrun.com/2009/menmarathon0822.php

>>> Afterwards, Dan said he was reasonably pleased (the IAAF has requested that we no longer post post-race interviews). <<<

Good post-marathon interview with Dan Browne here:

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/235030-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-2009/199509-dan-browne-marathon-2009-iaaf-world-championships

So Letsrun is at the games and they video some american athletes who talk to them like they are talking with a buddy and put that on their website and IAAF has a problem with that, I say IAAF can suck a D ICK, F UCK THE IAAF

BROJOS DON"T PUSS OUT F UCK THE IAFF POST THE S HIT