Why is worlds 10 days?

Your probably on to something but what about athletes doubling?

Since 1983 it has always been held over 2 weekends. Would Sunday through Saturday work for you or is that too long?

That is too long. There aren't that many entries and not that many rounds. 5/6 days tops.

What type of track and field fan are you that want fewer days of track and field. No thx. I want the athletes to be able to double, and to not outshine each other.

That would be better but I honestly think four days oil’s been enough. I really don’t care what they started doing 39 years ago in 1983. We are living in 2022 and that is what I care about and in this day and age few have the time and patience to stretch this for 1/3 of a month.

I’m really not a huge track fan but when I watch I want to see as much action in a day as possible and not stretch it out forever.

I see both sides of this. On one hand, most people can’t afford to spend $500/night for 9-10 nights for a hotel, plus car rental, the cost of tickets each night, time off from work, etc. Because of work responsibilities, I was only able to be there a few days, and I wish I would have been able to see more finals.

On the other hand, having only two or three finals per night makes them feel more special. Each final feels like a main event that the action that day has been building toward. They were so exciting! Plus with the heats, it’s still possible to see most of the athletes one would want to see in just a few days.

Again I will present my proposed schedule.
Keep it 10 days, starting with the 10,000 final.

Use the first 5 days to get through all the prelims.
Take 2 days off.
Then have a 3 day meet from the second Friday through Sunday, all finals.

Fri - 100, 400, 1500

Sat - HH, 200, 400 IH, 800, Steeple

Sun - 4X100, 5000, 4X400

This allows doubles of:

100/200

400/200

400/400 IH

1500/800

1500/steeple

1500/5000

Steeple/5000

10,000/5000

This is a great idea. Allows me to focus on the action and not all these prelims.

I've got the solution, this will cut down all those extra days wasted on prelims. Make a 100 lane track so there are no heats. Just have one big race instead of dozens of heats.

Now we are talking. Probably get some really good roller derby contact if you do this too.

Just for reference, the FINA World swimming championship last month was an 8-day event. The diving was an additional 4 days.

fina.org

Competition Schedule | FINA Official

The latest schedule information for 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 - Hungary.

Link:www.fina.org/competitions/2902/19th-fi...

If you are a T&F geek like most on this site, 10 days for the WCs is great. If you have any interest in this sport gaining popularity, then the meet should be compressed somehow and the marquee events not scattered about. Yes, there are real problems with this, I realize, like even less opportunity for the best athletes to double, and yes, there is the tradition of how the competition is organized, but one weekend of all finals would be fantastic for the general public. Could we have one weekend of heats/prelims, and then the next of just final after final? I think viewership would greatly improve.