Breakdown on the first hour of coverage of Worlds

I don't even turn it to ESPN. I get the CBC, the only let down was the men's 10k did not get shown because of the 100m situation. I did write them to complain and the did write me back (an auto response, but then one from a person) giving me the name of a person that I may be able to get a tape of it from, so I will give that a try.

The CBC coverage has been good. The commentators, Don Witttman, Michael Smith (former decathlete), Steve Ovett, and Ron Maclean do a great job I think, knowledgeable and thoughtful. They try to cover the big names and the Canadian athletes. The showed clips of Mondors and Babcocks races along with the post race interviews. I usually don't go for watching the field events for some reason, but they do a good job of that also, with lots of info.

They did show the last 4 laps of the steeple last night. What a crazy race. The former Kenyan formerly known as Cherono had a gap on the Kenyan Kemboi, and he had a gap on the rest of the field. Kemboi puts on a huge surge and catches Cherono, and then they start almost jogging together waiting for each other to take the lead. The pack then catches them. Going into the last lap Cherono and Kemboi take charge again and start wheeling. Coming down the home stretch it looked like Kemboi would be beat him, but in the last few meters Cherono overtook him for the win. Definitely seemed like a grudge match.

Dude I was so bumming on all those stand-ups in the womens hurdles, I thought they'd never run that first heat. What was with that starter, he was holding them forever, and ever and ever.... I was surprised the fans didn't go off more when the French lady was DQ'd. A few whistles nothing too major.

All the drama seemed to be with the sprinters and starter. This is totally un acceptable. The drama should be between athletes. I am sure the Dummbond situation helped this starter vs athlete scene. EPSN also said it was going to show the steeple which because of the drama it could not. This is not entertainment. I am just glad I can now go watch some HS and College XC races to see real sport.

Well you didn't miss anything not seeing the rest of the meet... 2 hours of coverage and the only things really worth seeing were the 400m finals, the W 800 and the little snippits of the 10K (I must have blinked I missed the womens 10K I will have to rewind and check it out)

So lets see 2 hours of coverage and 4-5 minutes worth watching... horrible...

I thought they were getting better with th egolden league coverage and then this... ugh

I am all for every event getting its share but who really wants to see the quarter finals of the 200?

So glad that BBC coverage over the internet is good

The coverage in Paris, in English, on EuroSport is awesome. Seems like 30 minutes or more between commercials and the commentary is great.

'x', can you please send me this person's contact as I would like to get the video of the men's 10,000m.

water cooler wrote:

I was surprised the fans didn't go off more when the French lady was DQ'd. A few whistles nothing too major.

The key to remember is that she left the track with a lot of class. No arguments, no laying down on the track and refusing to leave ... she displayed excellent sportsmanship. And I'm sure she trained just as hard as Drummond to run that race. His crybaby excuse of "I trained so hard for this" doesn't fly - everybody in Paris trained hard and that is why they are there. The French runner has class and displayed an excellent example of it for young runners watching the meet. Follow her example, don't be a pathetic sore crying loser like Drummond.