How do they get it so wrong? Norman v Gardiner v Makwala v Van Niekirk all in one of three semis. 2 go through plus 2 time quallies. Even three of the other four are as good as the third best in both the other semis. Zambrano in SF 1 is the only chance to get amongst this big four in the final.
I was just talking about this it happened in the mens 100m and 400mh to a lesser extent, making the heats faster hurts everyone in the fast heat. There is no way they can run slow there going to have to push it to qualify, with that many sub 44 runners it will be easy to be outleaned by someone who's racing just to make the final. This also makes it nearly impossible to qualify on time in any other heat.
I think they should have 2 semis of 9 runners each. Qualifying 4 from each heat plus 1 by time for a 9 person final.
Nah the current system is fine 3 heats make it easier to qualify and you don't have to go all out to make the finals. No need to make it harder to qualify than it is.
Winner is not in that heat.
chapan wrote:
Winner is not in that heat.
Oh yes he is
He is wearing red, white, and blue.
Well it worked out for the 100m death heat, all 4 made it and three of the top 4 were sharpened and ran well in the final.
I actually am less confident of WVN or Makwala. Zambrano is presumptive silver to me.
2/4 couldn't recover simbine ran just a little slower and Jacob's wasn't that effected.
The 400m will be worse why force them to go 44 low to qualify automatically
Agreed. Honestly, I’m not sure WVN can run under 44, I would guess he’s in 44.3 or so shape at best. I didn’t see Makwala’s heat so I’m not sure how strong he looks.
Sry got my Americans confused. Jacobs improved considering the wind. Simbine pretty equivalent performance I’ll say. For the 400 you have more rest so a different dynamic.
Yeah. Don’t like this at all.
We might see the first two places running 43 high to 44 low just to qualify. The other heats winners won’t have to expend nearly as much.
Makwala and Gardiner looked way more comfortable in the first round then Norman and WVN.
Wayde should have never looked back at 300 meters, it ended up costing him and putting him in 3rd place in his heat.
I don’t like I think, but it’s going to be entertaining for sure LOL
Makwala looked thr best of everyone. Is super easy over the last 50 and 20. I watched all of the heats and he stood out as the most comfortable and impressive. I am going to put my neck out and say that Van niekerk is not making the final. He did not look good in his heat at all. Extremely labored, lost all sorts of form in the last 75 to a 100 m commock and was very lucky to get through.
Not the strongest looking 400 m field. Sad, because there were so many fast times in the 400 heats and semis at the last couple global finals. This is very muted over all.
Gardiner is going to win.
WVN will surprise but not win. He has a habit of looking weak in the rounds and then running out of his mind when it counts. With that said he still doesn’t have enough speed this year to win the gold and anything close to a WR is totally unrealistic. High 43 for WVN maybe, and could get a medal depending on what the others do.
Gardiner and Makwala looked the most comfortable to me too. Weird that so many others don't seem to be peaking. We'll see tomorrow.
chapan wrote:
He is wearing red, white, and blue.
Cherry? Foxing in the heat?
THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
Well it worked out for the 100m death heat, all 4 made it and three of the top 4 were sharpened and ran well in the final.
I actually am less confident of WVN or Makwala. Zambrano is presumptive silver to me.
Agreed my current prediction is Zambrano, Norman and Gardiner for the medals, but I am least confident on Norman. He doesn't always look good in rounds.
Your thread didn't age very well. You were so far off that none of the medals may come our of your stupid
heat three.
Lol damn!