Official 2016 Zürich DL Live Discussion Thread

nice scalps for Rowbury in that 1500m!

she beat some big names

call me shades wrote:

Shame, Shame, Shame wrote:

Lavillenie wins the diamond race with a joint first with Kendricks in the pole vault.

Explain this please. Did they tie in this meet or for the overall Diamond League PV?

Tied this meet, Lavillenie won DL (he had already secured the DL before Zurich).

Jager did not run a smart race. Instead of doing his best Prefontaine imitation, he should have used a more cerebral strategy. There are no points for effort in track.

asdyrths wrote:

call me shades wrote:

Explain this please. Did they tie in this meet or for the overall Diamond League PV?

Meet. Lavillenie won the Diamond Race.

They have ties in PV? I thought they just kept going until someone misses. Is there a set number of vaults they do and after that a tie is a tie?

Powell 96 legal sub 10s

Just speculating here, but maybe they both missed.

How did Jozwik look in the 800?

I mean, I see she got 4th.

How did she look? Fine as fvck I presume?

Shame, Shame, Shame wrote:

Ruth Beita wins the HJ and the Diamond race.

I can't watch the live streams so your updates have been helpful. Thanks!

call me shades wrote:

asdyrths wrote:

Meet. Lavillenie won the Diamond Race.

They have ties in PV? I thought they just kept going until someone misses. Is there a set number of vaults they do and after that a tie is a tie?

If this were a championship meet, they'd keep going. In DL competitions they usually don't do that.

Swedeas wrote:

Just speculating here, but maybe they both missed.

yeah maybe. Didn't think about that scenario.

Powell gets DL title with his win.

More talent than brains wrote:

Are the East African Women the most brain dead runners ever?

- Kipyegon just had to finish what, 5th to win DL and she stupidly races out front for the win, fades badly and loses big jackpot.

Not true, if Muir won here she would win the jackpot. Given the shape Laura is in, Kipyegon had to go for the win

Asafa Powell comes up clutch for teh first time in history.

He needed that win to win the DL title.

Does anyone think they are doing a poor job of explaining what people need to do to win the jackpot. What's the point of having the jackpot if you aren't going to hype it up.

Just read our preview. If Powell or Meite won, they won the DL title.

asdfdgjdfgrg wrote:

call me shades wrote:

They have ties in PV? I thought they just kept going until someone misses. Is there a set number of vaults they do and after that a tie is a tie?

If this were a championship meet, they'd keep going. In DL competitions they usually don't do that.

Place in PV is determined not only by your highest clearance, but by counting back to see what other heights you might have missed once or twice along the way. It's called the countback.

If both athletes entered the competition at the same height, cleared every height on first attempts, but then missed 3 times on the final height(s) attempted. That would be a tie.

Or, if they both had a miss on first attempt at some lower height, but the same height, along with the other factors of the first scenario, that would be a tie.

no very fast times tonight

Women's 1500:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-OEsvnSKf8

The end of this is really dicey.

rojo wrote:

Asafa Powell comes up clutch for teh first time in history.

He needed that win to win the DL title.

Does anyone think they are doing a poor job of explaining what people need to do to win the jackpot. What's the point of having the jackpot if you aren't going to hype it up.

Just read our preview. If Powell or Meite won, they won the DL title.

Meite would've won DL if he got second. Now he was third with the same time 9.99 as the second place Simbine.

another reason we are likely seeing some more tactical races is that if you win the DL you get an automatic bid into the world champs the next year (not sure how this works for DL competitions in the same year as the worlds, maybe 2 wild cards into the next worlds?). Especially for some of these countries where making the team is cut-throat (Ethiopia in the 5000 comes to mind) that is a massive incentive.

I should also say that im looking at the 2015 qualifying standards for this, I did not find the 2017 version but I assume whenever it gets published that rule will be the same.

Slightly annoyed wrote:

More talent than brains wrote:

Are the East African Women the most brain dead runners ever?

- Kipyegon just had to finish what, 5th to win DL and she stupidly races out front for the win, fades badly and loses big jackpot.

Not true, if Muir won here she would win the jackpot. Given the shape Laura is in, Kipyegon had to go for the win

Looks like the poster is more brain dead than the East African Women.