Official 2014 Stockholm DL Discussion Thread

The wind is blowing from the NW. The track runs along a NE/SW axis. It is a cross wind. Whatever wind reading the officials are picking up is not the full strength of the head-on breeze.

I don't want to make it a bigger deal than it is, but it is windy. That's why Rupp slowed, thats why the best 5k field all year only produced 12:55.

rojo wrote:

Clerk wrote:

The wind. How many times should we repeat it? Look at any of the cinematic shots of the flags: they're all full blown.

Dude. Weather.com is reporitng 2 mps wind. THe win in the 100 h was 1.4 m/s. That's not much.

The flags don't lie; 2mph winds don't lift flags like that. Besides which, weather.com wind speeds for non-US locations are updated once per hour, which is hardly representative when winds are variable. And the reporting location for weather.com for Stockholm is not Olympic Stadion.

I can't believe I'm arguing with Rojo about wind speed. WTH is wrong with me

Don't think I've ever seen a false start in the steeplechase before... this starting crew in Stockholm needs help.

Men's 100

The fastest man in the field on the year, Mike Rodgers (9.91), was DQd for a false start. After that, the race belonged squarely to Nesta Carter who won in seasonal best of 9.96 as Keston Bledman was second in 10.10 with Britain’s 9.96 man Chijindu Ujah was third in 10.11.

The nice 2.0 m/s tail wind helped but the cool low 60s temps did not.

Quick Take #1: Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt, and Justin Gatlin where are you?. Given your past doping problems or injury problems this year, you shouldn’t be skipping these DL races.

Breathe in breathe out wrote:

yourmom.com wrote:

What was last lap split for Rupper?

He finished 10 seconds back, does it really matter what his last lap was in? I think it was 64-65.

I think he was a second or two off the pace at the bell, so if anyone saw the winners last 400 split you can basically figure it out from there.

Like you said it really doesn't matter since he was stomping concrete boots the last lap, but people do discount the mental aspect here. You feel dead legged and then you start to think about that and once you concede, you can end up giving up twice as much distance to the leaders as you physically may have. Combination of physical fatigue and mental give in. I don't think Ndiku would have been that far off the lead over the last 200 if a medal was on the line but it wasn't so he gave up 5 seconds instead of maybe 2-3.

305 then 615 for Coburn so no AR.

3 women race for win.

654 with to laps to go.

808 for leader at bell. Coburn gave up lead on next to last water jump. She aint' winning.

Habiba Ghribi, the tunisian steeplechaser is hot : http://antoinedoyen.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Habiba-Ghribi-Paris-March-2012/G0000etgMa6K94hw/I0000vpcMXSmm3_0/C0000CPsdfmCaKvY

Men's 800 on the track next.

rojo wrote:

Clerk wrote:

The wind. How many times should we repeat it? Look at any of the cinematic shots of the flags: they're all full blown.

Dude. Weather.com is reporitng 2 mps wind. THe win in the 100 h was 1.4 m/s. That's not much.

The sprint times are slow because it's perfect distance weather. Damp low 60s insn't good for sprinting.

Well the flags around the stadium are basically sideways, so it must be something....

irish red wrote:

rojo wrote:

Dude. Weather.com is reporitng 2 mps wind. THe win in the 100 h was 1.4 m/s. That's not much.

The flags don't lie; 2mph winds don't lift flags like that. Besides which, weather.com wind speeds for non-US locations are updated once per hour, which is hardly representative when winds are variable. And the reporting location for weather.com for Stockholm is not Olympic Stadion.

I can't believe I'm arguing with Rojo about wind speed. WTH is wrong with me

2 m/s = 4.5 mph

rojo wrote:

Clerk wrote:

The wind. How many times should we repeat it? Look at any of the cinematic shots of the flags: they're all full blown.

Dude. Weather.com is reporitng 2 mps wind. THe win in the 100 h was 1.4 m/s. That's not much.

Robert:

A) Officials tend to watch the wind and wait till it dies or lowers for the sprints, if possible. 1.4m/s may just be the low-point.

B) Why would you believe a general/large-scale website's data for a specific area. If flags are clearly flapping, then that's your actual data and indication.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT DIAM+B53:F62OND POINTS

1 AYALEW Hiwot ETH 09:17.04 15

2 GHRIBI Habiba TUN 09:18.39 SB 2

3 COBURN Emma USA 09:20.31 10

4 ASSEFA Sofia ETH 09:22.02 11

5 KIYENG Hyvin KEN 09:24.03

6 KUDZELICH Sviatlana BLR 09:30.54 PB

7 EL OUALI ALAMI Salima MAR 09:32.53

8 HIGGINSON Ashley USA 09:33.89

9 FOUGBERG Charlotta SWE 09:35.74

10 CHEPKURUI Lidya KEN 09:36.67 1

11 DIRO NEDA Etenesh ETH 09:40.84

12 ADAMU Birtukan ETH 09:50.60

13 DESALEGN Betlhem UAE 09:53.19 NR

14 LACAZE Genevieve AUS 10:05.43

ALEMU Birtukan Fente ETH DNF

Wind may have affected Coburn, too.

Hahaha, out in 52.mid, with a 3m gap to the field.

Perspectivation wrote:

Well the flags around the stadium are basically sideways, so it must be something....

Give up while you're behind. The flags are up high. The track is way down low, in a stadium that is completely enclosed and close to the track. Any wind in that stadium is insignificant.

1:45.3 winning time. Kszcoczcztot wins, holding off on the home strech

Letsrun fave Amos isn't anywhere near being GOAT.

listen up... wrote:

Wind may have affected Coburn, too.

The windsock by the pole-vault pit was moving pretty good when the world champ was up for his 3rd attempt. He hesitated until he was short-of-time, and then bombed out of the meet.