Who's The Standout Star at The Worlds?

No one. It's been a disappointing meet so far. If I had to choose, I'd go with Monsieur P.A. Bosse.

....and no, women's triple jumpers are not going to reach star status, no matter how good the rivalry is.

Definitely Bosse. He has the personality and embodies an upset win by a clean athlete.

J MF Gat FTW

It's still too early to make a final decision. Nobody is too salient just yet, performance-wise.

I was impressed by some of the interviews. I thought Ta Lou was very humble (and I find her very pretty). I was a bit puzzled by Centro's interview but think he was tying hard to avoid being understood as making excuses. Ayanleh Souleiman's English is not so good but he did make the point that if you run well you are accused of doping and if you run poorly you are accused of doping. I found Allyson Felix very eloquent. I loved Phyllis Francis's avoidance of "cuss" words. The better substitutes she used, as I recall, included "Holy smokes," "Snap!" and "Heck."

Can't say there is one this year. All kinds of strange things happening.

Makwala is the tragic hero so far. But for the IAAF, he should have two medals. Instead, zilch.

Anopheles wrote:

Definitely Bosse. He has the personality and embodies an upset win by a clean athlete.

While Bosse is the fans favourite, or maybe Warholm. I must confess Ayana was the most impressive (sadly). That was the best I saw Mo run in the 10k, but Cheptegei has to win the courage award and Jenny Simpson. The tattooed Turk was impressive as well.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Anopheles wrote:

Definitely Bosse. He has the personality and embodies an upset win by a clean athlete.

While Bosse is the fans favourite, or maybe Warholm. I must confess Ayana was the most impressive (sadly). That was the best I saw Mo run in the 10k, but Cheptegei has to win the courage award and Jenny Simpson. The tattooed Turk was impressive as well.

Thiam in the Heptathlon.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Anopheles wrote:

Definitely Bosse. He has the personality and embodies an upset win by a clean athlete.

While Bosse is the fans favourite, or maybe Warholm. I must confess Ayana was the most impressive (sadly). That was the best I saw Mo run in the 10k, but Cheptegei has to win the courage award and Jenny Simpson. The tattooed Turk was impressive as well.

The problem with the Bosse is while he caused a popular upset, and comes across as quite likeable in his interviews, it wasn't utter domination and there's no sign he'll continue to win anything on the circuit. Matter of fact, runners who failed to make that final are likely win the remaining meets and run faster times. He's more Centro than Rudisha.

Caster. Bronze + gold + great personality!

The star of the show is doping control, but only if they get you-know-who (booooo) and you-know-who-else (sleeps through the bells)

"Star" is not the right word in this case, but the big question of the meet was: Would Bolt repeat? With De Grasse pulling out and Coleman coming up short, the story of the meet is 35-year-old Justin Gatlin (boos and all) winning the 100.

WADA

Makwala. Do we think that all this IAAF drama didn't affected him mentally in the 200m final? He wasn't infected by a virus and he wasnt vomiting many times, as the medical stuff said. And WVN knows it.

Ben L Wrong wrote:

Makwala. Do we think that all this IAAF drama didn't affected him mentally in the 200m final? He wasn't infected by a virus and he wasnt vomiting many times, as the medical stuff said. And WVN knows it.

Yes. I'm with the conspiracy theorists on this. IAAF was desperate for WvN to become it's new star and did all they could to set it up for him. The Makwala incident backfired big time. And after the race, the cameras dwelled on him and his victory lap more than the winner.

A new star will emerge organically, not manufactured like the IAAF are attempting. There was no massive campaign to make the public like Bolt, it just happened by itself.

FAITH MF KIPYEGON through and through!!!!

Not even close Hero the hedgehog is the star of the meet

Not complicated. It will be Farah if he doubles. The fact that Britain hasn't won any other medals actually helps him in terms of stature and aura.

The opinions about him here or on other time-obsessed forums could not be less relevant.

Wayde really blew it. Not merely by losing the 200 but his attitude a couple of times. He splattered on the track after the 400 with no reason for the crowd or viewers to care about him or want to get to know him, and then today he senselessly responded to Makwala's comment. You've got to be above that, to let it go. Naturally a guy who has excelled all year and is favorite to medal is going to be on tilt and say some weird stuff after being excluded from his best event under bizarre circumstances. Makwala told Lewis Johnson he wanted to fight somebody when he was barred from entering the stadium. That might be a bit of a hint.

If Farah loses then Ayana has opportunity to be the star if she doubles. She benefits from a considerably stronger field than the 10,000 including Obiri claiming she is going for the world record in her own right.

It was right there for Tori Bowie if she had been healthy enough to run the 200, which looks weak. Bowie could have picked up three golds given the relay opportunity.

Stars matter. Swimming picked up Caeleb Dressel this year and particularly last week. Track and field hasn't been so fortunate.