2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships Beijing

August 22, 2015 to August 30, 2015
Bird's Nest - Beijing, China
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World Athletics:

Drouin shares his tips for dealing meantally with such a high pressured situation.

World Athletics:

He also coached Boniface Tumuti to 5th place. Kotze: “I am so happy that they pulled it off and performed on the big stage. To perform like they did at a major event proved to us their guts, winning character and temperament. I was emotional, crying from happiness. I will cherish this moment for as long as I live.”

Jamaica Observer:

A JAAA media officer says the American complained about Jamaicans celebrating too loud and refused to drink Gatorade that had Usain Bolt's picture printed on i.

World Athletics:

Ghebreslassie really had to fight with his parents to become a runner as they wanted him to focus on school. His debut marathon ended up being last year in Chicago where he was paid to pace the race through 25K, but felt good so kept running, placing 6th in 2:09:08.

 

Track & Field News:

Ash was DQd in the heats for a false start, but looking at the start "wave graphs" it's possible he could have advanced to the semis had Team USA filed an appeal.

World Athletics:

Harper-Nelson is extremely consistent at major championships, but crashed out of the semis in Beijing. You might think for an athlete with so much past success, it wouldn't faze her a ton, but she said she didn't get out of bed the next day and had to force herself not to "wallow too long".

 

“If you’ve worked really hard for this one day, then you can’t just easily dismiss something like that. The next day I didn’t get out of bed. And I felt bad because it was my husband’s birthday. He was just saying, ‘whatever you need,’ and I’m like, ‘I’m so sorry!’ I was just still in so much shock. I gave myself a day or two and then told myself that I have to learn from this, but you still have meets to go and your season’s not over so you can’t wallow in it too long. I knew I was mentally strong and I knew I would bounce back.”

World Athletics:

Shubenkov says he tried to cheat China jet-lag by arriving for the heats at the last minute, but that it was a major risk because he was "sleeping on the start line".

“It was a risk. Unlike smart people who come a week before to adjust, we just came and I ran right away. The first round was terrible; I wanted to skip it. It was the hardest race for the last three years. I was sleeping on the start line and it was like the starting pistol was an alarm clock. As a general result, though, it worked. I felt like a hero that I could wrestle out that performance.”

The Telegraph:

“Now I can take a medal home to my baby.”
*Rooney Joked About Naming His Son "Bird's Nest" “I couldn’t go home without bringing something back to my wife. I’m proud of what she’s done and hopefully she’s proud of me.”

AllAfrica.com:

She had the second-fastest time in 2015, but was last in the final.

Jamaica Observer:

He says there was good "synergy" between this year's team with Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers and Trayvon's Bromell.

World Athletics:

Some drank. Some didn't. All were up very late.

World Athletics:

She started as a tennis player, but first discoverd her throwing talent when she beat all the boys in PE class.

World Athletics:

Ashton Eaton's decathlon WR and Dafne Schippers's 200m win were voted 2nd and 3rd.

World Athletics:

Felix talks about the decision to challenge herself with the 400 this year and the possible 200-400 double at Rio 2016.

World Athletics:

He is behind Pedro Pablo Pichardo in the standings, but whoever wins in Brussels wins the whole thing. It's especially impressive that Taylor is jumping so far given he had to change his lead-off leg last year because of chronic knee pain.

 

World Athletics:

Bishop walked away with a silver medal after setting a 2-second PR in the semi-final with 1:57.52.

The Telegraph:

They put together a pretty good list.

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