Biggest Winners/Losers from World Indoors

Loser is kind of harsh/rude term, but Isiah Harris is probably the biggest loser, as he potentially wrecked his outdoor season this year by competing in the 4x4 on a pulled hamstring. Also 7th in the 800 final was a disappointment, I expected him to be in the hunt for a medal.

Actually the biggest loser is whoever decided to put Harris on the 4x4 team in the first place. How was he even in the relay pool? I thought you had to be top 6 in the US Indoors 400 (the entire reason Brazier ran the 400 at US Indoors). Why didn't they let an actual 400 runner anchor, instead of an 800 runner who had already run two races that meet?

Ingebrigtsen easily biggest winner, silver medal (barely missing gold) despite suffering the debilitating fatigue effects of COVID.

Purrier big winner as well. Agree Ethiopia looking real strong, biggest team winner IMO.

Everyone who skipped world champs to run time trials or to just sit on the couch were the biggest losers. Lots of big names from Tokyo and prior years indoor champs missing. Sad!

Losers? Thats childish.

The losers are the American 4x4 teams. We should be embarrassed by the teams that we sent. Companies need to start putting incentives into athlete's contracts to get them to run indoors.

The men's winning 4x4 time was 3:06.52. There were 15+ NCAA teams that ran faster than that time this year. The winning women's 4x4 time was 3:28.40. We should have been able to win that easily with McLaughlin, Felix, Mu, Muhammed, Hayes, and there are a lot of other options.

You guys will always find a way to elevate this guy. When he won in the Olympics, he was the best ever and Cheruiyot was done for. Then your guy is beaten by a runner who is always going to check him, he is still the "biggest winner".

And where did you get details of his Covid from? Most Covid infections are mild and asymptomatic, but fanboy here is telling us about "debilitating fatigue effects". Eh?

Most people skipped the indoor world champs because few people, including in the athletics community, care for them. Just because you Americans obsess over them doesn't mean its that way everywhere else. If anything, indoors should be for stuff like badminton, racquetball, table tennis -- not running. The whole setup, with the miniature tracks, is ridiculous.

Athing has already proven herself indoors, right from when she was in high school and in NCAA meets. She is over that mickey mouse stuff and is focussing on events and meets that actually matter.

WINNERS: Tefera, Ajee, EPSP

LOSERS: Jakob, Brazier, BTC Men

World Athletics needs to double the prize money for relays. Right now it was $40,000 for 1st. You think $10,000 and the chance to be a World Champ would get a 400 meter runner on a plane but I guess not.

I really thought Harris might challenge for a medal and now if he is hurt it was a terrible Worlds for him.

Purrier did great. Think she's still got to run the 1500 outdoors however.

I'd say rojo is a winner for finding his passport, and getting a press credential in time. Always good to see the rojo and Gault show on the road.

Biggest losers are me and the World Athletics marketing team as I had no idea it was on. And certainly no idea it was in Serbia.

Now we have easy access to air travel, why do they bother with indoor? Shouldn't they just move it somewhere in the world where it's summer and have more outdoor events?!

The biggest winner was Darlan Romani in the Men's shot put, with a massive throw, only 29 cm from the world record.

Rojas, Duplantis and Holloway had amazing results too but theirs were expected.

Please don't ever go into marketing.

World Indoors held outdoors.

Why hasn't anyone thought of this!?!?

BTC men? Marc Scott medalled. Josh Thompson a non-factor but what am I missing?

Missing my reference to Grant Fisher and Mo Ahmed skipping Worlds and potential medals like Scott.

I nominate Yakob for biggest loser. After being handed a mickey mouse record (1500m indoors) he was billed as the heavy favorite to win in Belgrade given no one else showed up. All he had to do was step on the track and the gold was guaranteed his but he somehow lost to a no-name ethiopian, marking 2 championship losses in a row and dispeling the myth that he is a dominant force in middle distance.

Who?

If it turns out that his 800 performance was impacted by a hammy, then he turned up in the 4 x 400, then there is more explaining to do. Involving more than him

I like indoor track meets mid Jan-mid March. Particularly the scored conference and NCAA meets but moreso conference as its closer a reflection of a program vs individual.

I dont think many people outside of those trying to market themselves before the outdoor summer season put a lot of emphasis on the indoor season other than a competitive opportunity to check fitness & get a good race or two in against top athletes IF they will show up. They still have to justify the trip, expenses, break in training cycles etc...and weigh the risks.

I think of the World Indoor Champs as about the level of the World Cup outdoor meet. Not your best team but still a little pride on the line mixing top athletes with next generation or those on the cusp of making it big soon and need the experience. Just score the darn meet and give bonuses to records of any kind. MR, NR, Age record etc...

Everyone knows that the important meets start in June/July. There will be surprises and dissapointments but nobody will be hanging their hats on their world indoor achievements that for sure.