Charlie Hunter absolute sh1te in that one. Was never in the race. Few Athletes look like a deer in headlights at this meet so far.
Said this after millrose but he should go back with the Oregon guys. I know he’s like 25 and doesn’t want to be around college aged kids anymore but he ran 1:45 indoors last year and hasn’t even come close to that with UAC
Is it not incredibly telling in the 2nd 3000m heat (and the 3rd to a degree) that you have Barega and Beamish - the two best guys in the field - absolutely chilling at the back for the first mile whilst Parson's gives everyone a nice tow.
Then after halfway he gets shelled whilst Barega takes a fairly safe spot at the front, and Beamish hangs just behind all the chaos in 2nd-6th until the big moves are made at the end.
Surely ANYONE going to a race with these two in has to think "maybe I should follow them"? Maybe Parson's et al still won't have the gear to go with them when things get spicy but at least they're still in the race with 400m to go rather than being out the ass end of the field.
Some drama in heat 3 of the women's 400m with Jessie Knight getting bumped onto the inside of the track for 3 steps and then coming back on the track and giving Vondrova of the Czech Republic a good shove. Bit funny to watch the British announcers go "naw, that was probably fine"
Some drama in heat 3 of the women's 400m with Jessie Knight getting bumped onto the inside of the track for 3 steps and then coming back on the track and giving Vondrova of the Czech Republic a good shove. Bit funny to watch the British announcers go "naw, that was probably fine"
Do you think it should be a DQ?
Oh for sure. If the 3 steps on the inside didn't do it, the shove when coming back onto the track definitely did
Oh for sure. If the 3 steps on the inside didn't do it, the shove when coming back onto the track definitely did
So you think both should be DQed or just the one who initially got barged off the track?
The shove when coming back was just her getting her rightful place on the track back, as for the running on the inside, how do you think she could have avoided doing that?
Absolute chad move from the runner from “Tchad” in the men’s 3K second heat. The madman threw some ‘bows and pushed through the field at the start to take the lead, then slowed down the pace to a crawl before pulling out holding his hammy about 90 seconds in.
If we’re talking race tactics, it was hilariously bad. If we’re talking ways to get a comped vacation to Belgrade, it was brilliant!
Oh for sure. If the 3 steps on the inside didn't do it, the shove when coming back onto the track definitely did
So you think both should be DQed or just the one who initially got barged off the track?
The shove when coming back was just her getting her rightful place on the track back, as for the running on the inside, how do you think she could have avoided doing that?
I did think that the one who initially bumped her off the track would probably be DQ'd as well--I'm actually a bit surprised that didn't happen. But the shove was not her just re-establishing her footing on the track. She let her right arm fly wide to make sure that she could get back on the track and then when she was already back on the track she gave the Czech runner a shove.
Absolute chad move from the runner from “Tchad” in the men’s 3K second heat. The madman threw some ‘bows and pushed through the field at the start to take the lead, then slowed down the pace to a crawl before pulling out holding his hammy about 90 seconds in.
If we’re talking race tactics, it was hilariously bad. If we’re talking ways to get a comped vacation to Belgrade, it was brilliant!
Why does World Athletics do stuff like this? This dude has an 8:54 3k PR, and they throw him on the start line of a world championships. It's patronizing and dangerous to the other runners. He basically ran 400m and then stopped in the middle of lane 1.