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Kejelcha is going to win this. Barega vs Jakob for the second place.
Kipleri curses the Ethiopians once again!
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Chucking all the classifications into one race is disrespectful. 💀
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John Wesley Harding wrote:
Another complaint: Swangard shouldn’t say “6’8”” for American audiences IMO. The bar is measured in meters.
For the life of me I can't understand why they don't just respect the sport enough to leave it in metric. Only people watching are track nuts anyway.
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Honest question: can anyone explain what disability any of these men have?
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Will coop wrote:
Arop is great. He exemplifies the hard-working spirit of all Edmontonians
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Apparently the only thing wrong with Noah Malone is that he's partially blind. Some of the other para athletes have actual movement disorders.
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Idahodiggerxc wrote:
Honest question: can anyone explain what disability any of these men have?
They mentioned the guy who won has a vision impairment. This is stupid though…you have him running against guys w/ prosthetic legs and I don’t see how his vision impairment negatively impacts his speed over 100m.
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Kobbs Hessler wrote:
Apparently the only thing wrong with Noah Malone is that he's partially blind. Some of the other para athletes have actual movement disorders.
None with intellectual disabilities??
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word rupp wrote:
John Wesley Harding wrote:
Another complaint: Swangard shouldn’t say “6’8”” for American audiences IMO. The bar is measured in meters.
For the life of me I can't understand why they don't just respect the sport enough to leave it in metric. Only people watching are track nuts anyway.
American announcing of field events is really absurd. I wouldn’t mind if the announcer would say “the bar has been raised to 2.03 meters. Thats 6’8”.”
But talking about the shotput in 69 feet and nonsense like that just has to stop211 -
RRRR wrote:
Idahodiggerxc wrote:
Honest question: can anyone explain what disability any of these men have?
They mentioned the guy who won has a vision impairment. This is stupid though…you have him running against guys w/ prosthetic legs and I don’t see how his vision impairment negatively impacts his speed over 100m.
dont look up how norwegian parathletes run the 100m...
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RRRR wrote:
Idahodiggerxc wrote:
Honest question: can anyone explain what disability any of these men have?
They mentioned the guy who won has a vision impairment. This is stupid though…you have him running against guys w/ prosthetic legs and I don’t see how his vision impairment negatively impacts his speed over 100m.
They mixed a bunch of categories together for this, I guess as a demonstration for the audience.
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I remember when I lived in the USA.
Track people talked about the metric mile......
It is 1500 meters. Not metric anything.
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The Stache wrote:
word rupp wrote:
For the life of me I can't understand why they don't just respect the sport enough to leave it in metric. Only people watching are track nuts anyway.
American announcing of field events is really absurd. I wouldn’t mind if the announcer would say “the bar has been raised to 2.03 meters. Thats 6’8”.”
But talking about the shotput in 69 feet and nonsense like that just has to stopAll real fans only pay attention to metric. They should never give feet and inches. Only real fans are watching.
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runner1991 wrote:
How do you find it on Peacock?
You can find it on Peacock by searching "Prefontaine."
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word rupp wrote:
John Wesley Harding wrote:
Another complaint: Swangard shouldn’t say “6’8”” for American audiences IMO. The bar is measured in meters.
For the life of me I can't understand why they don't just respect the sport enough to leave it in metric. Only people watching are track nuts anyway.
I respectfully disagree. Gotta be accessible to a broad audience. Even as someone who follows the sport, I find 6’8” more impressive and easier to grasp than 2.03 meters. They list the metric marks on the screen, so that’s a good way to appeal to all.
Also: wasn’t the most exciting race yesterday the men’s mile?
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I’m going to hell for this, but since when do non-DL events get airtime on these broadcasts?
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There is more TV time for these 100 meter para races than the steeplechase races yesterday.
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kmaclam wrote:
Kobbs Hessler wrote:
Apparently the only thing wrong with Noah Malone is that he's partially blind. Some of the other para athletes have actual movement disorders.
None with intellectual disabilities??
If that were allowed, half of this board could compete.
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McRunnin wrote:
word rupp wrote:
For the life of me I can't understand why they don't just respect the sport enough to leave it in metric. Only people watching are track nuts anyway.
I respectfully disagree. Gotta be accessible to a broad audience. Even as someone who follows the sport, I find 6’8” more impressive and easier to grasp than 2.03 meters. They list the metric marks on the screen, so that’s a good way to appeal to all.
Also: wasn’t the most exciting race yesterday the men’s mile?
Anyone that watches field events at all only pays attention to metric. It is way easier to follow in metric.
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