World Athletics Championships 2011

[Rors]

All kicks off at the end of the week. 100 metres final is on the Sunday, as per :scarf:

The BBC lost the coverage to Channel4, and not only that, Michael Johnson has gone with it (oh, and Rob Walker as well). Auntie really are pathetic - all they really care about is shilling T** O******s at the expense of virtually everything else.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Advert breaks during Athletics? FFS.

Still at least Michael Johnson will make it bearable.

[Cripps_orig]

Wtf?Ffs just fuck off BBC. They have had a shocking few years

[Rors]

Wtf?Ffs just fuck off BBC. They have had a shocking few years

It gets worse. Contract for live WC/Euro action runs out in 2016, and no sign of a renewal. They had better be rooting around for every spare penny behind the sofas in the lobby for that one, otherwise they are as good as finished. Not forgetting Wimbledon looking decidedly shaky too.

[Master Splinter]

Wimbledon on Channel 5 with John Barnes presenting and Collymore offering analysis :bow:.

The dream is one step closer.

Hopefully they can sign Boggers up too before Sky come calling.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Won't John Barnes be busy managing Liverpool?

[Cripps_orig]

Asafa Powell is out of the 100m

Gay was already ruled out.

The only 2 who had any slight hope of beating Bolt

I guess the only question left is Can Bolt beat the world record?

Justin Gatlins still around i guess and of course Dwain Chambers :coffee:

[Letters]

Quite interesting:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14679657

[Marc Overmars]

Yeah but black guys can't swim so it evens itself out tbh.

[Letters]

Racialist :sulk:

True though.

Eric the Eel :pal:

[Syn]

Consider an experiment by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan, two American economists. They drafted 5,000 CVs and placed archetypal "black" names such as Tyrone or Latoya on half of them and "white" names such as Brendan or Alison on the other half. They then divided the white CVs into high and low quality and did the same with the black CVs.A few weeks later the offers came rolling in from employers, and guess what? The "black" candidates were 50% less likely to be invited to interview. Employers were using skin colour as a marker for employment potential, despite the fact that the candidates' CVs were identical.
But that's not all. The researchers also found that although high-quality "white" candidates were preferred to low-quality "white" candidates, the relative quality of "black" CVs made no difference whatsoever.
It was as if employers saw three categories - high-quality white, low-quality white and black candidates. To put it another way, the subliminal assumption that causes us to think that black people are all the same has powerful real-world consequences.
For many economists, this assumption, which gets under the radar of our conscious thought, explains why black people still lag behind white people in economic development more than four decades after the introduction of race-relations legislation.
Recognising that we have these biases is a good place to start in trying to combat them. And a good way of tracking progress is to watch a 100m final and see whether we fall into the trap, when seeing eight contestants with black skin, of inferring that black people are naturally better sprinters.

Where was the study done - Alabama? It's not the case in decent cities. But anyway, that's irrelevant to the athletic stuff; the argument on that is based on genetics...don't know enough about it to have an opinion either way tbh.

Will try to catch as much of the championships as I can (but the timing doesn't really help considering people are at work all day here).

Come on China.

And come on chicken fried rice.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wtf?Ffs just fuck off BBC. They have had a shocking few years

The license fee has been increased - what more do you want?

[Niall_Quinn]

Quite interesting:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14679657

I fucking HATE the BBC and it's commie, wishy-washy, politically correct, fucked up committee meeting, kumbayah, drone culture, piss bollocks fuck cunt whore shit BBCishness dogshit thing that it does. What's wrong is that the BBC exists at all. Kill them all. Honestly, just kill them.

I quite like the fact they don't have ads though.

[Niall_Quinn]

Who is that absolutely useless presenter on Channel 4? Stupid fucker can't even read. Anyone know if the BBC will be holding a committee meeting to decide if it's right to call this guy absolute shit?

[Syn]

Christine ohurugu is out. False start. Lol!

[Niall_Quinn]

Bolt jogs to a win in 10.11, unbelievable, the guy's a freak.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

100m final is on at at about 12:45 PM today apparently. I think Bolt might win.

Also, that goon presenting on Channel 4 I am sure has been plucked from T4 or some of their other rubbish. The BBC are idiots.

[Marc Overmars]

Sport on Channel 4 is just wrong.

Except for Football Italia. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Sport on Channel 4 is just wrong.

Except for Football Italia. :bow:

They didn't run any ads on the early morning show. Once the idiot presented had fucked off and a few vets had taken over the commentary it was just as good as the BBC.

Sport was cracking yesterday, footie, formula 1 plus the athletics. Beer, popcorn, remote control, job done. It all gets a bit less comfortable and probably downright painful later today.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bekele might not be running in the 10,000m final. If that's the case it helps Mo Farah quite considerably.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dwain Chambers is disaqualified from the 100m semi-final.

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Usain Bolt is up now in the second semi-final. Marlon Devonish too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bolt jogs down to a 10.05. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kim Collins wins the third semi-final. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Michael Johnson is a brilliant pundit. Worth mentioning for the millionth time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cuddihy is disqualified for Ireland in the Women's 400m semi-final.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bekele is racing. Even so, come on Mo.

He is Gooner. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One lap to go, Mo Farah has gone for it!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mo Farah went too early. He has to settle for silver.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fuck that, eh? Mo went too early.

[Cripps_orig]

Silvers pretty good considering no brit has ever won a medal in this but really should have been gold. Went too soon but hopefully he learns from this and brings home the gold next year

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He'll be hoping Bekele can't race again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Roughly ten minutes to go.

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nobody else?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Here we go. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bolt has false started!

:doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He is absolutely gutted. Still, it's open for somebody else now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blake wins it for Jamaica!

[Letters]

Shame. I wanted to see Bolt. That's new - one false start and you're out.
Silly he doesn't need to get a great start, he's so damn fast he'd win anyway.

[Cripps_orig]

Feel sorry for the Jamaican pub teamer. Him winning isn't the big news. The papers will all be about Bolt. Change the rule back to how it was. One false start and out is ridiculous

[Young Guns 11]

To only have 1 false start seems a bit silly to me.

[Niall_Quinn]

Beyond pathetic rule. The sport has been robbed, the fans robbed, but some bureaucratic tosser is over the moon - his fucked up rule made it all the way to the world championship finals. Yay!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is Bolt running the 200m?

[Marc Overmars]

Bolt. :doh:

Didn't realise it was 1 false start as well now. Shame.

[Niall_Quinn]

Is Bolt running the 200m?

Disqualified under the 4 letter surname rule I'm afraid.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ah don't worry, Otis confirmed it on Channel 4.

[Young Guns 11]

Is Bolt running the 200m?

Yes

[McNamara That Ghost...]

disqualified under the 4 letter surname rule i'm afraid.

ffs.

[Marc Overmars]

When is the 200m final?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

When is the 200m final?

Saturday.

[Syn]

Bolt deserves it for being such a tit at the starting line. Show some respect for the other athletes, dick. Hope he learns a lesson.

[Cripps_orig]

Couple of decent finals have taken place today

Womens 400m which went right down to the line and the Mens 110m hurdles where Liu Xang/Chang won the bronze but only after colliding with Robles who won the gold.

2 Brits in that final. The new Jackson and Jarrett tbh. Turner finished 4th and the other guy 6th

Womens 100m is due soon

Jessica Ennis leads after day 1 in her event

[Cripps_orig]

Jeter wins the gold in the womens 100m

Fraser Price got 2nd i think but that was close between 2nd and 3rd

I stand corrected

Fraser Price didnt even get a medal and finished 4th

Campbell Brown got silver, Baptiste bronze

Thats how close 2nd, 3rd and 4th were

[Cripps_orig]

Robles was disqualifed meaning Richardson gets gold, Xang silver and our very own Turner gets the bronze

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jessica Ennis gets silver in the heptahlon. She lead from the front, which probably wasn't the best plan, even if she had to make seconds up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Men's 800m final is on in a minute. Rudisha is expected to win, he is the World Record holder after all.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And Rudisha does win. :bow: He ran it from the front.

[Niall_Quinn]

Jessica Ennis gets silver in the heptahlon. She lead from the front, which probably wasn't the best plan, even if she had to make seconds up.

Can't think of any more events left with fit women in them? Fat maybe, but not fit. So that's another Word Championships done and dusted, roll on 2012 when I hope to see a few blockbuster backsides and awesome abs in person. Men are competing too I hear, but you'd have to be Djourou to be interested in that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Men's 400m final on in about 15 minutes. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Can't think of any more events left with fit women in them? Fat maybe, but not fit. So that's another Word Championships done and dusted, roll on 2012 when I hope to see a few blockbuster backsides and awesome abs in person. Men are competing too I hear, but you'd have to be Djourou to be interested in that.

Just have Google open and search her name and then you can watch the rest of it. And no need for mango butter either.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

James beats Merritt just on the line.

Grenada. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ennis underperformed in the javelin because of a wet patch, according to her coach. I've paused and slow-mo'ed for over an hour now and used a magnifying glass, I can't see the wet patch.

[Cripps_orig]

400m hurdles final in a hour i think.

GB with a chance of gold there with Greene

[Cripps_orig]

Greene wins the gold :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Hannah England also won the silver in the womens 1500m

[IBK]

Ennis underperformed in the javelin because of a wet patch, according to her coach. I've paused and slow-mo'ed for over an hour now and used a magnifying glass, I can't see the wet patch.

Fantastic! :lol: :clap:

[Marc Overmars]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6o52kZxvtg

:doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

:doh:

Does Johnson hate him or is he amused by him? I can't tell for sure.

[Master Splinter]

He's been dropped as host :lol:.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14745679

How can he be so useless? He's been on TV for years. Does he have no knowledge of sport?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think Channel 4 have no knowledge of sport as a general rule. :ninja: At least Michael Johnson is there. Enjoyed his VT about relays.

Also, the men's 4 X 400m relay is on at about 1:15. Women's 200m final on at about 12:55.

Otis. :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Bolt jogs to a win in his semi final

[Cripps_orig]

The womens javelin final is looking awesome.

Never heard of any of them but the lead keeps changing.

[Niall_Quinn]

The womens javelin final is looking awesome.

Never heard of any of them but the lead keeps changing.

And another thing, even our hammer thrower is hot. A hammer thrower FFS.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Campbell-Brown wins the women's 200m.

Jamaica. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dai Greene is out of the 4X400m relay for GB.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Abakumova has a heel in her leg apparently. No wonder she was surprised she won the javelin.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on GB. Fourth would be creditable.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

LaShawn Merritt storms through to take it for the USA. Great race.

South Africa silver, Jamaica bronze.

[IBK]

And another thing, even our hammer thrower is hot. A hammer thrower FFS.

Took me ages to find out who she is/a photo - but yes - remarkable for a hammer thrower!

[Cripps_orig]

pics or gtfo

[Cripps_orig]

Jenny Meadows choked btw in the 800m

Didnt reach the final after winning bronze 2 years ago

[Cripps_orig]

Morning session


03/09 00:00
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50 Kilometres Race Walk
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Afternoon session


03/09 11:00
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High Jump
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03/09 11:10
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Javelin Throw
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03/09 11:15
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100 Metres Hurdles
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03/09 11:45
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800 Metres T54
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03/09 11:55
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400 Metres T53
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03/09 12:15
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1500 Metres
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03/09 12:40
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4x400 Metres Relay
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03/09 13:00
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100 Metres Hurdles
Final
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03/09 13:20
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200 Metres
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Tomorrows schedule.

Should win a medal in the Womens 400m relay. Bolt v the clock in the 200m. No one else will come close. Think the Frenchman will get silver.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Do you think Bolt will reign in an explosive start tomorrow just to make sure he can actually run the race? Granted he'll still probably do under nine seconds in the last 100m anyway.

[Cripps_orig]

Nah, reckon he'll run his usual race.

Think we might see a false start here from someone though cos hey'll be so desperate to get a good start.

Hope the rule is changed back before next year

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yeah I can only imagine what the reaction would be if something similar was to happen in the Olympics.

[Niall_Quinn]

Boring old walking.

[Cripps_orig]

The walking will be all morning. The main stuff doesn't start til 11am our time

[Niall_Quinn]

Boring old walking.

[Cripps_orig]

Some GB pub teamer just won her 100m hurdles semi and has a chance of a medal in the final

[Niall_Quinn]

Boring old T54 racing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Women's 4X400m relay final is on in a minute.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

USA get gold. Jamaica silver, Russia Bronze. Great Britain fourth.

[Cripps_orig]

How many adverts do they show? ffs

BBC :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Women's 100m hurdles final now.

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pearson gets gold for the Aussies! New CR.

Porter finishes fourth. :doh:

[Cripps_orig]

Pearson got a PB in the semi and a CR in the final

Pretty dominating.

Porter was in the running for the medals right up to the last hurdle but faded

[McNamara That Ghost...]

She'd have stayed in second if she hadn't switched allegiance from the USA.

:rose:

[Cripps_orig]

She actually hit the 9th hurdle which made her crumble faster than an Arsenal season after a big defeat.

Could be a medal hope next year though.

Anyway time for the big race. Bolt v the clock :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ah Pearson. An endearing Aussie.

:unsure:

[Cripps_orig]

Javelin is a bit shit these days.

The days of Jan Zelezny v Steve Backley are missed

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bolt time then.

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bolt wins with a 19.40.

:bow:

[Cripps_orig]

DIx got silver

Think Lemaitre got bronze with a 19.80 having never run under 20 before so thats impressive

[Cripps_orig]

Just watched the 200m final in the 96 Olympics

Still the best race ive ever seen.

[Cripps_orig]

German Anthem :bow:

Anyway last day schedule

04/09 09:00
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Marathon
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Afternoon session


04/09 18:15
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Hammer Throw
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04/09 18:30
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4x100 Metres Relay
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04/09 19:00
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4x100 Metres Relay
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04/09 19:05
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Triple Jump
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04/09 19:40
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5000 Metres
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04/09 20:15
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800 Metres
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04/09 20:35
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4x100 Metres Relay
Final
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04/09 21:00
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4x100 Metres Relay
Final




Should win gold in the triple jump. Do we have a hope in the relays though?

Mo Farah also in the 5000m should win a medal

[Niall_Quinn]

Pearson's performance best of the championships? Fastest ever apart from drug addicts.

[Cripps_orig]

GB womens out of the 100m relay. Mens due soon

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jamaica are in the next 4X100 heat coming up I think.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Trinidad & Tobago win the heat. Jamaica second.

I think Bolt will be running in the final. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GB win the third heat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Idowu in to the lead in the triple jump. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5,000 metres final is on now.

Come on Mo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One of the Kenyan's went down, back in the field now though. Last lap...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mo gets gold!!

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lagat's face near the end.

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Idowu jumps a 17.70. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

2 gold medals on the last day is pretty good

Unless someone outjumps Idowu which i doubt.

All down to the GB 100m relay team to see if they can get bronze.

If all goes to plan, USA and Jamaica will get top 2

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Taylor just put down a 17.96 for the USA.

:faint:

Idowu has it all to do now.

[Cripps_orig]

He has to get a PB

Cant see it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He has a chance if he jumps closer to the board, he had been jumping quite some way away from it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

17.77 for Idowu. Improving it I suppose. He was very close to the board that time but messed up the third phase.

[Cripps_orig]

The man beast gets 2nd in the 800m womens final

She didnt even look bothered in the home straight

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Probably silver for Idowu. One round remaining.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Women's 4X100m relay final now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

USA get gold, Jamaica silver.

[Cripps_orig]

USA win it

Jamaica 2nd

[Cripps_orig]

Ukraine with bronze

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Silver for Idowu.

[Cripps_orig]

So Mo Farah the BBC SPOTY this year?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

More than likely. I think Giggs has left it a little late to put down his name this year.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Men's 4X100m relay final now.

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

USA are down. Bolt streaks away!

NEW WORLD RECORD!!! 37.04. :faint:

[Cripps_orig]

Americans :haha:

GB :haha:

WR for Jamaica

[Cripps_orig]

GB were in medal contention as well before they fucked it up

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha: Threw the baton at our anchor guy.

[Cripps_orig]

The american tripped over the GB guy

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Harry took out one of the Yanks.

:bow:

[Cripps_orig]

And that WR was without Asafa Powell who is arguably faster than 3 of those in the Jamaican team

[Cripps_orig]

rerun of the closing stages of the 5000m now

Missed it the first time round

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This is true but the changeover might not be as clean. If it is, then I guess they probably will break the WR record again in London.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/55150000/jpg/_55150125_55150124.jpg

Lagat. :haha:

[Özim]

The Britsh guy f*cked up three teams races in the 4x100m, quite an achievement.

Needs to train his brain a bit.

[Cripps_orig]

Whoever got bronze in the 5000m has been disqualifed

[Cripps_orig]

Michael Johnsons reaction to Bolts false start :lol:

Pretty good world championships this.

Only missed the one big final, 400m mens final.

Sally Pearce stand out moment tbh