The Worlds are over: What was the biggest disappointment?

casual obsever wrote:

^That, and that Ajee, Ayana, Bolt, Caster and Gatlin were allowed to compete, to name some of the most obvious cases.

Blake, the Dibaba Sisters, Thompson, roid acne Schippers, Wambui, Niyonsaba. Now we have the "dirty dozen."

missed the Mak wrote:

Makwala being unjustly barred from the 400m by IAAF incompetence, bureaucracy, and officiousness. I really wanted to see Makwala vs. WVN.

Not just Makwala getting DQ'd but the 400 was just bad. That should have easily been the best event of the meet, but Kerley and Gardener burned out. With no Makwala, WVN got to cruise. That should've been an epic final with a WR performance.

Les wrote:

That a 35-year-old twice-convicted doper wins track & field's showcase event.

This.

bladerunner wrote:

Colleen Quigley dq. The sport's governing body has no credibility. All those cones set up in the final basically confirmed the validity of her appeal.

+1

Coolj095 wrote:

Christian Coleman passing the piss test. Whites winning races they usually don't win with slow times, but the fan boys claim it is stricter doping control. Perhaps. Christian Taylor did mention one thing about how his sponsors wanted him to jump farther, indicating his performances were not good enough. Makes me wonder...

Last but not least, in track and field for me it's not a white or black thing. I don't give a crap because it makes me laugh when these turds of whatever color claim clean. As for guliyev, it's fairly pathetic when you see western whites immediately start licking his ahold when he won this year. Big difference between what guliyev is and typical American white. Same goes goes for guys like Christian Taylor, degrasse, claiming clean as a whistle...

True.

Most American Whites have been discouraged from early puberty when they have to race agaisnt guys who lookk like Mike Tyson. Who by the way was rolling adults at 13 years old.

As a foreigner I can assure you we never had th eattitude that we were inferiro, like the US whities do.

There is way more physical talent than there is mental. Black or white. My old coach used to say there are world champions walking around the streets who'll never pick up an event. Its fact

bladerunner wrote:

Dalilah Muhammad finishing second in the 400 hurdles. Not a terrible effort, but she is capable of so much more.

Dalilah Muhammad has only run faster in the US Nats in '16, '17. Kori Carter bettered Muhammad's winning time from Rio.

Gotta be Dibaba using all of the toilet paper.

If American Whites had anything resembling the build they did in the 50's and the toughness of that era they would have better athletes than we see now.

Amos not winning the 800m. Felix not winning the 400m. The disrespect shown for Gatlin. Makwala being banned. The weather. The slowest times since the WC began in 83.

klubkip1 wrote:

Amos not winning the 800m. Felix not winning the 400m. The disrespect shown for Gatlin. Makwala being banned. The weather. The slowest times since the WC began in 83.

Some of the times were quicker than 1983. And that was the non-tested steriod era at the height of the cold war.

jasonkiddnba wrote:

Y Chromosome Hermaphrodites (Men) being allowed to run against beautiful women and take medals away from them.

Take out the word beautiful and I agree.

OregonSteepler wrote:

Les wrote:

That a 35-year-old twice-convicted doper wins track & field's showcase event.

Agree 100%

Time for Gatlin to go. Was fine with Bolt or Coleman or anyone else but Gatlin taking it.

You realise it's only once right? The first was ADD medication he forgot to declare and the suspension got reversed.

Incorrect. The first ban was reduced, not reversed.

Men and women's high jump

Centro and Braizer

Men's 4x1

Women's 100h

The TV coverage. Watching events like the women's 5K when the camera focuses on two runners for the majority of the race while ignoring the real battle 50 meters back. No wonder casual viewers find track boring. NBC the technology has been around for decades...it's called picture in a picture.

mark b wrote:

People who found the discus finals disappointing!

Men's 800. Weakest it has been for many a long year! From a Brit point of view, Coe or Ovett from 1980 would have walked this one!

The weakest? Ovett would have walked it? It was 1:44:67.

So what did you say about the last World Champs when Rudisha ran it in 1:45:84??? WTF

Or how about 2009: Gold in 1:45:29

Or how about 2007: Gold in 1:47:09 !!!

Or how about 2003: Gold in 1:44:81

I know there is a lot of people just seething that Bosse won, but don't be so transparent

Crouser not only missing gold, but even a medal in mSP

In his whole career, Ovett only ran 0.6 faster, and Bosse was unchallenged down the straight. A solid performance for a (mostly) clean final.

Frederico wrote:

mark b wrote:

People who found the discus finals disappointing!

Men's 800. Weakest it has been for many a long year! From a Brit point of view, Coe or Ovett from 1980 would have walked this one!

The weakest? Ovett would have walked it? It was 1:44:67.

So what did you say about the last World Champs when Rudisha ran it in 1:45:84??? WTF

Or how about 2009: Gold in 1:45:29

Or how about 2007: Gold in 1:47:09 !!!

Or how about 2003: Gold in 1:44:81

I know there is a lot of people just seething that Bosse won, but don't be so transparent

Frederico wrote:

mark b wrote:

People who found the discus finals disappointing!

Men's 800. Weakest it has been for many a long year! From a Brit point of view, Coe or Ovett from 1980 would have walked this one!

The weakest? Ovett would have walked it? It was 1:44:67.

So what did you say about the last World Champs when Rudisha ran it in 1:45:84??? WTF

Or how about 2009: Gold in 1:45:29

Or how about 2007: Gold in 1:47:09 !!!

Or how about 2003: Gold in 1:44:81

I know there is a lot of people just seething that Bosse won, but don't be so transparent

For real. I don't know why people are so shocked that Bosse won. He was the top returner from the Olympics and has run mid-1:42. He's legit.