Who's The Standout Star at The Worlds?

wow bolt..... wrote:

Honestly, f*ck these worlds. They have been the dullest and most boring one I have expeirenced so far. No one has delivered any exceptional preformance, and while I love to see upsets, I love to see the little guy rise up to the occasion and put up a big preformance to win, not to win with a slow time because everyone chocked. It's comical at this point. The favorites in the race just choke 75% of the time at this champ, and all of the preformances feel like the sport has regressed back.

You missed the best performance of the race entirely.

Go watch the W10000. Historic class times and historic class dominance!

El Keniano wrote:

It's certainly not Wayde van Niekerk as Turkey's Ramil Guliyev threw a spanner in those works.

You don't consider a gold and a silver to be a standout performance?

Ayana comes off as a drugged-up mule with no voice (must not know any English). At least Genzebe had the benefit of being cute. Just tired of the test-evading Ethios (and Mo when he is there) and their obvious drugs. At least the Kenyans are under some pressure.

Kipyegon is charming enough, but humble is not a star quality. "Star" implies confidence and ease. Warholm and Bosse are the two who have emerged with these qualities. Bosse seems doubtful to win consistently, but Warholm has a good upside.

The one who has the potential breakout star quality isn't even in London. Sydney McG.

Bolt is gone. Back to being a niche sport, until Tokyo, at least.

Do you have something against the Steeplechase?

Colleen Q. She may not be standout, but she sure did step out

In terms of running, the men's and women's 10,000 have probably been the most interesting and quality races.

Everything shorter has been absolute garbage, although the 1500M and 800W are still to come, as well as the 5000.

In terms of track and FIELD, both the men's and women's triple jump have been impressive, with great performances as well as real battles. The men's high jump rarely disappoints.

seems good to me wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

It's certainly not Wayde van Niekerk as Turkey's Ramil Guliyev threw a spanner in those works.

You don't consider a gold and a silver to be a standout performance?

However you want to look at it, the silver is a defeat. Unthinkable with Usain.

wow bolt..... wrote:

It's comical at this point. The favorites in the race just choke 75% of the time at this champ, and all of the preformances feel like the sport has regressed back.

Welcome to the world post FancyBears.

Sorry for forgetting the steeplechase.

Jager winning would be a standout.

Shocker to have a Kenyan win, though.

How is it not Wayde? The only double medalist so far including a gold to help solidify himself as one of the most decorated 400m athletes of all time, not to mention stepping down to grab silver in the 200. I know he didn't complete the MJ double but it was impressive nonetheless and he had been racing almost every single day for a week. Easy choice as the top athlete.

Michael Johnson was had Bolt-like aura back in his day. He pulled off the double and would dominate both events emphatically.

El Keniano wrote:

Michael Johnson was had Bolt-like aura back in his day. He pulled off the double and would dominate both events emphatically.

Irrelevant. One does not need to equal Michael Johnson in order to have a standout performance.

Omar McLeod. He is the next big star of Jamaican track. Been pretty much untouchable the last 2 years. Only think missing is going sub-13 in the finals. Still very young and will be chasing the WR soon. Plus once Usain is out he may be able to get on the relay team. Would be awesome to see him try a 100/110 hurdles double at a world championship.

El Keniano wrote:

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

While Bosse is the fans favourite, or maybe Warholm. I must confess Ayana was the most impressive (sadly). That was the best I saw Mo run in the 10k, but Cheptegei has to win the courage award and Jenny Simpson. The tattooed Turk was impressive as well.

The problem with the Bosse is while he caused a popular upset, and comes across as quite likeable in his interviews, it wasn't utter domination and there's no sign he'll continue to win anything on the circuit. Matter of fact, runners who failed to make that final are likely win the remaining meets and run faster times. He's more Centro than Rudisha.

I don't think I would compare Bosse to Centro. Maybe Kiprop. Centro has never run a 1500 equivalent of 1:42.5

i chose D2 wrote:

Omar McLeod. He is the next big star of Jamaican track. Been pretty much untouchable the last 2 years. Only think missing is going sub-13 in the finals. Still very young and will be chasing the WR soon. Plus once Usain is out he may be able to get on the relay team. Would be awesome to see him try a 100/110 hurdles double at a world championship.

Is he now the only big star in Jamaican track?

Something odd happened and now they can barely get sprint finalists in slow years.

If the powers that be let Shubenkov run against world competition in the past year i dont think Mcleod and Jamaica would have won here either

trollism wrote:

i chose D2 wrote:

Omar McLeod. He is the next big star of Jamaican track. Been pretty much untouchable the last 2 years. Only think missing is going sub-13 in the finals. Still very young and will be chasing the WR soon. Plus once Usain is out he may be able to get on the relay team. Would be awesome to see him try a 100/110 hurdles double at a world championship.

Is he now the only big star in Jamaican track?

Something odd happened and now they can barely get sprint finalists in slow years.

They have a 5000m finalist for the first time ever thanks to Kemoy Campbell, but I doubt he'll be anywhere near medal contention.

I find it interesting that no nation has won twice in track event on the mens side.

100-usa

110h-jamaica

200-turkey (azerbaijan)

400-s.africa

400h-norway

800-france

3000st-kenya

10000-britain(somalia)

Heres to hoping that Willis wins in the 1500 and that an Ethiopian wins in the 5000

Women's steepleers