Official 2018 IAAF World Indoor Day 3 Live Discussion Thread

Okay, so in heat 4 of the men's 60, Great Britain's Andrew Robertson looked to have false started. He clearly went early, but after conferring, the officials allowed him to stay in the field.

Now to be fair, he wasn't the only guy to leave significantly early -- San Marino's Francesco Molinari did as well -- which suggests maybe there was something that set him off.

But it's not a great look when the officials are handing out a ton of DQs yesterday and then a British athlete looks to false start this morning and he is allowed to continue.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

(...) which suggests maybe there was something that set him off.

I couldn't see anything. I agree with you, after being so strict the previous days, that feels completely lenient. I think that was a blatant false start and Robertson should have been disqualified.

How filthy the british are is becoming very obvious. Not only are they destroying the sport with Mass dq. They also so it to benefit their athletes

This 1st 1500 heat is a heat of death. The commentators on the BBC are really saying O'Hare has a tough one.

I mean what do you do when it's top 2 and next 3. Iguider, O'Hare, Levandowski, Blankenship. Who is possibly going to take it out?

Engels/Wightman lucky as hell. With this qualifyign format, it seems like there are always 5 qualifiers from the last heat and he's in that.

HEAT 1

1 370 Dey Tuach DEY SSD SSD 3:45.54o

2 310 Abdelaati IGUIDER MAR MAR 3:34.10 3:35.79

3 216 Aman WOTE ETH ETH 3:35.31 3:38.35

4 403 Ben BLANKENSHIP USA USA 3:35.28 3:39.19

5 315 Dario IVANOVSKI MKD MKD 3:52.59 3:52.59

6 236 Chris O'HARE GBR GBR 3:37.03 3:37.03

7 341 Marcin LEWANDOWSKI POL POL 3:37.37 3:37.67

8 368 Mohamed Ismail MOHAMED SOM SOM 4:11.68

HEAT 2

1 374 Kalle BERGLUND SWE SWE 3:37.69 3:39.55

2 179 Jakub HOLUŠA CZE CZE 3:37.68 3:37.91

3 108 Ryan GREGSON AUS AUS 3:36.50 3:38.00

4 299 Musa HAJDARI KOS KOS 3:53.18

5 214 Samuel TEFERA ETH ETH 3:36.05 3:36.05

6 295 Vincent KIBET KEN KEN 3:34.91 3:36.86

7 258 Harvey DIXON GIB GIB 3:50.19

8 196 Marc ALCALÁ ESP ESP 3:39.33 3:39.45

HEAT 3

ORDER / LANE BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY PB SB 2018

1 242 Jake WIGHTMAN GBR GBR 3:37.43 3:37.43

2 187 Ayanleh SOULEIMAN DJI DJI 3:35.2 3:35.39

3 311 Brahim KAAZOUZI MAR MAR 3:36.95 3:36.95

4 414 Craig ENGELS USA USA 3:38.53 3:38.53

5 144 Oddom SAT CAM CAM

6 138 Sadik MIKHOU BRN BRN 3:38.48 3:38.48

7 244 Benjamín ENZEMA GEQ GEQ 3:53.07 3:53.07

8 298 Mikhail SOLOSHENKO KGZ KGZ 4:04.83 4:04.83

Iguider leadss 30.83…

63.06

1:32 - Wote

I would really like to see top 3 in each heat and one 1ime qualifier or zero. I mean there are 3 medallists.

Iguider leadss 30.83…

63.06

2:01.58 TOp5 are clear. WOte, Iguider, O’Hare, Blankenship and Lewandowski.

2:29.95

Lewasndowksi moves into 4th 2:58.23

That was a tough 1500 ht to be in. Why jog when you have Lewandowski and Iguider in your heat? No logic to it.

Iguider leadss 30.83…

63.06

2:01.58 TOp5 are clear. WOte, Iguider, O’Hare, Blankenship and Lewandowski.

2:29.95

Lewasndowksi moves into 4th 2:58.23

And in the last lap - O"hare goes out the back . IT turns into a 3 man battle. BB moves up but just finished 3rd. The top 2 guys deserved it. They were top 2 the entire race.

BB had to run the last turn in lane 2. Just missed 2nd place.

O'Hare said he with 7 or 800 meters to go he could feel pain in the outside of his foot

OS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK

1 310 Abdelaati IGUIDER MAR MAR 3:40.13 Q

2 216 Aman WOTE ETH ETH 3:40.20 Q

3 403 Ben BLANKENSHIP USA USA 3:40.23

4 341 Marcin LEWANDOWSKI POL POL 3:40.78

5 236 Chris O'HARE GBR GBR 3:42.46

6 315 Dario IVANOVSKI MKD MKD 3:51.83 PB

7 370 Dey Tuach DEY SSD SSD 3:56.10 NIR

368 Mohamed Ismail MOHAMED SOM SOM DNF

Tough of the track wrote:

That was a tough 1500 ht to be in. Why jog when you have Lewandowski and Iguider in your heat? No logic to it.

ht 2 3.44???? jeez why bother? all they needed was sub 3.40

Souleiman dns visa probs? seriously?

"Visa problems"

The way they've divided these heats is a joke

2nd heat faster

62.83

1:34.93- Gregson makes a big move up to 2nd at 700.

Guys running 4 wide at 800 2:05.50.

Tefera goes into lead around 900.

2:34.99

3:03.30 - Really strung out as that’s a 28.42

At bell it ethiopia, Kenya, Australia. The top 2 look good. Can Gregson get there?

The Kenyan responds. Ethiopia -Kenya 1-2. No time qualifiers.

POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK

1 214 Samuel TEFERA ETH ETH 3:44.00 Q

2 295 Vincent KIBET KEN KEN 3:44.26 Q

3 108 Ryan GREGSON AUS AUS 3:44.44

4 196 Marc ALCALÁ ESP ESP 3:45.49

5 179 Jakub HOLUŠA CZE CZE 3:45.84

6 374 Kalle BERGLUND SWE SWE 3:46.61

7 299 Musa HAJDARI KOS KOS 3:47.68 NIR

8 258 Harvey DIXON GIB GIB 3:49.89 NIR

And just as I predicted the 3rd heat will get 5 qualifiers almost certainly. If it doesn't go out in 58, they are idiots.

And they only take it out in 31.83. Are you kidding me?

63.20.

This is idiotic. This is so stupid. I mean this is the heat that SOuleiman was supposed to be so it's weak as hell but my god

134.69 - there are only 4 guys in this heat at 1:34.

This is complete stupidity.

2:06.49

O'Hare qualifies!!!! NO way they get to 3:42.

DNS DNS wrote:

Souleiman dns visa probs? seriously?

Jake Wightman through nicely, well done.

I didn't thing Engels had that in him!

2:38.29

Engels goes to lead with 400 to go. Here comes weightman. 3:09.22 Weightman leads just before 1200.

It's a 3 man race for two spots. GBR, Kenya, USA.

Wow. Wightman blows everyone doors off. And off the final turn ENgels is battling. He's in third but just gets by the Moroccan by the line to auto qualify.

I'm sorry. The advice the Engels has been getting this winter tactically has not been good. In his first race, they told him not to worry about the time and then had to chase the time for a month. Here, they tell him just to kick when all he had to do was take it out in 1:59 and everyone would advance. Yes, he got in auto but this heat was a joke.

38.01 final 300 for Wightman.

POS BIB ATHLETE MARK DETAIL

1 242 Jake WIGHTMAN GBR 3:47.23 Q

2 414 Craig ENGELS USA 3:47.55 Q

3 311 Brahim KAAZOUZI MAR 3:47.65

4 298 Mikhail SOLOSHENKO KGZ 4:05.52 244 Benjamín ENZEMA GEQ DQ

144 Oddom SAT CAM DQ 138 Sadik MIKHOU BRN DNS 187

Ayanleh SOULEIMAN nDJI DNS

It's a joke they didn't re-seed everything after Souleiman didn't show. Really unbalanced heats.

sprinthard wrote:

I didn't thing Engels had that in him!

Barely. Had some work to do. Here are 3 photos from last lap.

I don't understand the narrative of the post. Does it matter that he barely qualified?

Most international prelims are going to go exactly like this. He looked relaxed and waited till the final 25meters to make his move. Yes, this indoor season has been a rollercoaster, but Engels is historically very good at prelims.