I count eight, just today:
M400- 5
W400- 1
M800- 1
M3000- 1
I count eight, just today:
M400- 5
W400- 1
M800- 1
M3000- 1
https://twitter.com/stevemagness/status/969675995992219650YMMV wrote:
I count eight, just today:
M400- 5
W400- 1
M800- 1
M3000- 1
You're way behind :)
I wonder if you're missing the morning sessions.
We had 6 men DQ in the 400 meters this morning (including one entire heat), 2 women in the 400, and 3 more women in the 400 semis.
M400- 6
W400- 5
M800- 1
M3000- 1
But that is 13. How do we get to 15?
Acutally I'm up to 16. We had four DQs in the 3000s not 1.
So I'm at:
M400- 6
W400- 5
M800- 1
M3000- 4
You may notice that the thread is on lane DQs. The normal "interference" or false-start DQs seem about par.
One M400 was a false start
The women's 400 includes now 2 for lanes, but two that aren't listed as to the nature of the violation.
I believe the DQs for M3000 other than Chelimo were interference.
It certainly is setting a record for supposedly “professional” runners whining?
Get over it and stay in your lane. Not that hard. Rules are rules.
They should stop running on such a little track. There's really no reason that we can't put 400m tracks indoors.
use a bigger track wrote:
They should stop running on such a little track. There's really no reason that we can't put 400m tracks indoors.
It would be a good idea to make indoor tracks 300m as a compromise. That would also provide the opportunity to make the indoor season more interesting by holding irregular distances that result in some fun matchups that wouldn't occur outdoors.
For example, 300m and 600m. If they can make 60m/60m hurdles an indoor standard, why can't they do the same for other distances? Also, it might make the world indoors more important in that these distances aren't really raced outdoors so 'world 300m champion' would be something.
Imagine some of the matchups possible now or recently - Bolt vs VN in the 300m, VN vs Rudisha in the 600 etc.
Really? How many indoor arenas do you think can fit a 400 meter track without having to build it over some of the seating????
D.Katz wrote:
Really? How many indoor arenas do you think can fit a 400 meter track without having to build it over some of the seating????
Indoor arenas that can fit a 400m track that wouldn't show tons of empty seating on TV.
Most indoor arenas in the world could not fit an indoor track. For example, the footprint of a NFL field (measured from MetLife Stadium - including sideline space) = approximately 410 feet x 238 feet. A standard 8 lane track = 584 x 305 ft (some variations allowed with the radius). An arena would need to build a platform over the entire in field as well as "x" number of rows of seating to fit the track. Yes, this has been done before for 400m at the Commonwealth Games and for a 200m track at the World Indoors in Poland - 2014 at the cost of millions of dollars. This was also the plan for the NY City plan for the 2012 Olympics. But, this requires at least a month of construction and weeks of breakdown. Few facilities have that much unscheduled time or Organizing Committees have that much money.
D.Katz wrote:
Most indoor arenas in the world could not fit an indoor track. For example, the footprint of a NFL field (measured from MetLife Stadium - including sideline space) = approximately 410 feet x 238 feet. A standard 8 lane track = 584 x 305 ft (some variations allowed with the radius). An arena would need to build a platform over the entire in field as well as "x" number of rows of seating to fit the track. Yes, this has been done before for 400m at the Commonwealth Games and for a 200m track at the World Indoors in Poland - 2014 at the cost of millions of dollars. This was also the plan for the NY City plan for the 2012 Olympics. But, this requires at least a month of construction and weeks of breakdown. Few facilities have that much unscheduled time or Organizing Committees have that much money.
The cost of providing a 400m indoor track is actually a part of what makes it a good idea. This change would make it prohibitively expensive for dirty poors to compete in the sport.