Absolutely no one in the stands; stadium more than half empty; crazy (dangerous) weather conditions for a marathon that was held on the most boring course ever; and some very suspect (PED) performances. Nice job, IAAF!
Oh yeah, the NBC coverage sucked too, but that's old news.
How to ruin the sport of T&F . . . . .
I must have watched an entirely different meet than you did.
Whiner and complainer wrote:
I must have watched an entirely different meet than you did.
You must have. I find the OP's characterization spot on. Its the last one I'll watch, having not missed one since 1997.
What do you disagree with?
Jambo Cabao wrote:
Whiner and complainer wrote:
I must have watched an entirely different meet than you did.
You must have. I find the OP's characterization spot on. Its the last one I'll watch, having not missed one since 1997.
What do you disagree with?
I also thought Doha was awesome. Nobody showed up to watch the USA champs in Iowa either.
They air conditioned the stadium so only the marathon was super hot. Actually the tens were similar to the temps in LA for the last Olympic qualifying marathon.
These are all facts. Go ahead and respond.
Jambo Cabao wrote:
Whiner and complainer wrote:
I must have watched an entirely different meet than you did.
You must have. I find the OP's characterization spot on. Its the last one I'll watch, having not missed one since 1997.
What do you disagree with?
100- villain Coleman wins...drama
200- entertaining Lyles
400- drama of Norman losing his muster and the Bahamian brings gold to storm destroyed country
800- brilliant run by the American with CR
1500- multiple characters at play with the last two Olympic champions present.
5- tactical yet fast
10- wow. Just wow. Multiple moves and lead changes
TJ- incredible battle
HJ- are you kidding me?!
And that's just the men. If you overlook the above and judge a meeting quality on the venue location and temp, then you're nothing even close to an athletics fan.
Mr. Reasonable speaks up wrote:
Absolutely no one in the stands; stadium more than half empty; crazy (dangerous) weather conditions for a marathon that was held on the most boring course ever; and some very suspect (PED) performances. Nice job, IAAF!
Oh yeah, the NBC coverage sucked too, but that's old news.
How to ruin the sport of T&F . . . . .
I have a feeling that you're just a negative person to begin with.
Whiner and complainer wrote:
I must have watched an entirely different meet than you did.
+1
Great meet. Not sure what I'll do in the evenings after work next week.
OP must be a white American male (or Covett).
Yes, very boring to see fast times. Please bring Mo Farah back so I can watch more 27:40 10k races!
Give me a break. People complain after every WC.
You must be a negative person
Jambo Cabao wrote:
Whiner and complainer wrote:
I must have watched an entirely different meet than you did.
You must have. I find the OP's characterization spot on. Its the last one I'll watch, having not missed one since 1997.
What do you disagree with?
Really?
You're not going to watch Eugene in 2021? Sure thing chief.
norwegiannectar wrote:
OP must be a white American male (or Covett).
He's definitely American. You can see that by how much he criticises and grumbles.
Whiner and complainer wrote:
Jambo Cabao wrote:
You must have. I find the OP's characterization spot on. Its the last one I'll watch, having not missed one since 1997.
What do you disagree with?
100- villain Coleman wins...drama
200- entertaining Lyles
400- drama of Norman losing his muster and the Bahamian brings gold to storm destroyed country
800- brilliant run by the American with CR
1500- multiple characters at play with the last two Olympic champions present.
5- tactical yet fast
10- wow. Just wow. Multiple moves and lead changes
TJ- incredible battle
HJ- are you kidding me?!
And that's just the men. If you overlook the above and judge a meeting quality on the venue location and temp, then you're nothing even close to an athletics fan.
It's tough to watch given we now know that Coleman, Salazar, Ethiopia and Kenya are completely to the eyeballs doped.
You can pretend all you want, but if you're of even close to average IQ, you have to be able to see this is the case.
Mr. Reasonable speaks up wrote:
Absolutely no one in the stands; stadium more than half empty; crazy (dangerous) weather conditions for a marathon that was held on the most boring course ever; and some very suspect (PED) performances. Nice job, IAAF!
Oh yeah, the NBC coverage sucked too, but that's old news.
How to ruin the sport of T&F . . . . .
Spot on. I did not watch this WC just because they did not allow Russia to participate and will not watch athletics in the Olympics for the same. However, even with that it really is all make believe. I didn't really believe that 10 years ago but it's pretty obvious now what the agenda is.
I've been watching since its inception and it's been a good meet. Great stories and competition.
um, no. The medals and wins seem meaningless now.
spotter of spot ons wrote:
Mr. Reasonable speaks up wrote:
Absolutely no one in the stands; stadium more than half empty; crazy (dangerous) weather conditions for a marathon that was held on the most boring course ever; and some very suspect (PED) performances. Nice job, IAAF!
Oh yeah, the NBC coverage sucked too, but that's old news.
How to ruin the sport of T&F . . . . .
Spot on. I did not watch this WC just because they did not allow Russia to participate and will not watch athletics in the Olympics for the same. However, even with that it really is all make believe. I didn't really believe that 10 years ago but it's pretty obvious now what the agenda is.
BS. You watched races. Don't lie. You're on a random message board for a niche sport...I guarantee you watched races from Doha.
I actually really enjoyed this championships. I expected it to be underwhelming and forgetable. The races were great, exciting upsets, fast times.
I loved Doha.
I was sitting in a nice air conditioned suite in the stadium.
And I made some $$ on the side.
What is not to love about that?
trollism wrote:
Whiner and complainer wrote:
100- villain Coleman wins...drama
200- entertaining Lyles
400- drama of Norman losing his muster and the Bahamian brings gold to storm destroyed country
800- brilliant run by the American with CR
1500- multiple characters at play with the last two Olympic champions present.
5- tactical yet fast
10- wow. Just wow. Multiple moves and lead changes
TJ- incredible battle
HJ- are you kidding me?!
And that's just the men. If you overlook the above and judge a meeting quality on the venue location and temp, then you're nothing even close to an athletics fan.
It's tough to watch given we now know that Coleman, Salazar, Ethiopia and Kenya are completely to the eyeballs doped.
You can pretend all you want, but if you're of even close to average IQ, you have to be able to see this is the case.
They've been doped championships since 1983. Nothing new under the sun.