Ashton Eaton could break own WR easily

and I suppose it's worth mentioning my logic for assuming he could match his SBs, despite being more tired now than he would've been when he did them.

My reasoning is that he enters competitions as practice during the year and fine tunes things closer to WCs. He improved his 400 by over half a second from a few weeks ago FRESH. He also doesn't do many meets throughout the year, so his SBs aren't necessarily indicative of his fitness.

BY HJ I think you mean PV. If he could high jump 17 feet that would break the world record in the Deca by itself.

Sooooo ummm wrote:

BY HJ I think you mean PV. If he could high jump 17 feet that would break the world record in the Deca by itself.

nice catch

I think we'll see even faster than that in the hurdles. He's peaking now and he speed is there and with the 400m hurdles he was doing last season I think we'll see him go maybe 13.2x

Woodstock wrote:

I think we'll see even faster than that in the hurdles. He's peaking now and he speed is there and with the 400m hurdles he was doing last season I think we'll see him go maybe 13.2x

apparently not...13.69 for 1015 pts. 13.38 wouldve been 1056 pts, so he just dropped to an estimated 9008 pts

reed wrote:

Woodstock wrote:

I think we'll see even faster than that in the hurdles. He's peaking now and he speed is there and with the 400m hurdles he was doing last season I think we'll see him go maybe 13.2x

apparently not...13.69 for 1015 pts. 13.38 wouldve been 1056 pts, so he just dropped to an estimated 9008 pts

I was with Woodstock, I thought he'd PR or close to it in the hurdles. But now I'd guess he'll think the WR is unlikely and will back off a bit mentally. Maybe not, maybe he'll get psyched to get the points back in the disc, but my bet would be that he'll "settle" for a world championship.

He might have wanted and still want a WR here (maybe a small WR), but my sense is that he lost some motivation after getting the WR so early (that is, he said that years ago) and may want to save it for Rio at the Olympics to motivate him and make a big splash.

only wants to set WR in Eugene

You push in the hurdles, you risk tripping and getting 0.

After 7 events, he's only 13 points off his WR pace. It's possible. BTW, the title of this thread is the most inappropriate use of "easily" ever.

JMS3 wrote:

After 7 events, he's only 13 points off his WR pace. It's possible. BTW, the title of this thread is the most inappropriate use of "easily" ever.

No it's not. I could easily list 69 billion examples to prove you wrong, if that's even possible.

so he's at 6451 currently

with my original guesses remaining of 5.25,60.2m, and 4:16 he will score 9020. his best chance of improvement is in the pole vault. his SB/PR is 5.40 would get him 9067 with my other guesses, and if he only runs 4:20 he'd still score 9040, a 1-pt WR. wouldn't that be something

reed wrote:

so he's at 6451 currently

with my original guesses remaining of 5.25,60.2m, and 4:16 he will score 9020. his best chance of improvement is in the pole vault. his SB/PR is 5.40 would get him 9067 with my other guesses, and if he only runs 4:20 he'd still score 9040, a 1-pt WR. wouldn't that be something

That would be very cool. There's a $100,000 bonus for a world record performance:

Does this wording seem a little strange? "Athletes achieving a world record will be eligible for a special world record bonus worth USD $100,000."

Yep something indeed wrote:

That would be very cool. There's a $100,000 bonus for a world record performance:

http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/beijing-2015-money

Does this wording seem a little strange? "Athletes achieving a world record will be eligible for a special world record bonus worth USD $100,000."

maybe it just means they will take it away if you fail a drug test

actually, it probably means you have to sign the terms and conditions

Update, he has reached 5.10 in the vault.

If he stays at 5.10, throws 63m and runs 4:20, he will score 8987. A 66m throw pits him at 9033 though, which he has done last year. Hopefully he vaults higher because WR chances are slim with just 5.10

As I hit submit he jumped 5.20 to get another 31 pts. Man this is gonna be close

An interesting decision Eaton faces is deciding how many attempts to try to improve the PV. I would think he would try at least one shot to improve on 5.20. But if he misses, do you try again or do save yourself for the 1500M?

I assume gold is virtually locked up and its all about WR now.

Personally I think 4:15 is within his ability in the 1500M if the WR is in his sights. So if he gets a 63m throw, which is reasonable enough, than the WR will be set to go down.

Where are you watching the PV results live?