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Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:03 pm
by -DL-
wolf359 wrote:ManBeastWoman runs the Brit out of a bronze in the 1500. Feel sorry for the Muir.

(natural) Testosterone wins a bronze
I think they should use the duck theory on this blokeshe.

'If it looks like a duck, and sounds like a duck, then it's a duck'.

Just substitute 'duck' for 'bloke'.

No science needed.

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 5:36 pm
by davids cross
Isaac Makwala gets to run on his own at 6.40......Heat 8, lane 7 ... :)

Needs to run 20.53 or faster to get through to the semi-finals.

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Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 5:37 pm
by davids cross
Apologies for the stretched page.

I hate it when people do that myself... :oops:

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:08 pm
by Johnny Byrne's Boots
Put a loo roll by the finish line and he'll do sub fifteen seconds

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:28 pm
by davids cross
Ha...Image

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:21 pm
by ThreeSixes
The current standard of athletics is so bad at the moment, the 200m gold has just been won in a time of 20.09!

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 10:49 pm
by Rocket
Not a bad day for GB after a relatively disappointing championships so far. A shame that Mo couldn't get the second gold but not a bad way to bow out. The girls did brilliantly and although I'm gutted for Bolt, the boys were excellent.

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:40 pm
by ThreeSixes
Canada's relay team did the crossed hammers when they came out. Fantastic performance from our guys, shame drama queen Usain Bolt had to be centre of attention again

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:34 am
by Rocket
ThreeSixes wrote:shame drama queen Usain Bolt had to be centre of attention again
He is the greatest sprinter that the world has ever seen. It was his last ever race. He enjoys playing to the crowd and having a laugh. The people who pay to see him enjoy watching his antics almost as much as they enjoy seeing him run. Did you expect anything else? Oh, and in spite of all of that, he wasn't trying to lap up the attention after the race, even though he clearly could have if he'd wanted to.

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:18 am
by smuts
Great run from the GB boys.

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:28 am
by ThreeSixes
Rocket wrote: Oh, and in spite of all of that, he wasn't trying to lap up the attention after the race, even though he clearly could have if he'd wanted to.
I should have put the winky emoji on, I was being sarcastic. I know he didn't pull up on purpose!

It's a shame he did, I don't think he would have caught Mitchell-Blake.

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:36 am
by pablo jaye
What a race that men's 100m relay was. Equally fantastic and heart wrenching at the same time - a great run by the GB boys but also incredibly sad to see Bolt finish his career like that. One of a very select band of sportsmen/women to transcend all, regardless of nationality (Mohammed Ali, being the only other one I can think of).

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:41 am
by Rocket
ThreeSixes wrote: I should have put the winky emoji on, I was being sarcastic. I know he didn't pull up on purpose!

It's a shame he did, I don't think he would have caught Mitchell-Blake.
Fair play mate, completely passed me by, sorry about that! :thup:

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 2:25 pm
by fmgod
Mo Farah tells media: ‘If you say I’ve done something wrong, prove it.’

So basically I've cheated but find the proof

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:15 pm
by wolf359
My daughter just asked me why a man won the women's 800m :wink:

She won't have it that 'it's' a woman

Also yesterday's gem, why can't white people run fast?

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:18 pm
by kenthammer
at least 3 in that race looked rather "manly"

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:31 pm
by Whitters
There was a great clip earlier of the 4 British sprint girls watching the 4 blokes win gold straight after their silver. It showed fantastic team spirit and they were bouncing around like my little daughter at Christmas with excitement

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:27 am
by Rocket
Whitters wrote:There was a great clip earlier of the 4 British sprint girls watching the 4 blokes win gold straight after their silver. It showed fantastic team spirit and they were bouncing around like my little daughter at Christmas with excitement
That was lovely to see.

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:25 pm
by The Collector
A little disappointing from a British medal tally perspective but some encouraging performances from the newer faces in the relays which bode well for the Olympics.

Perhaps some could benefit from not only the type of training undertaken by Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis but also their work ethic. I think that Jess Judd could be a great runner if she can add some steel to her character.

Re: world athletics championships

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:53 pm
by wolf359
Was interesting listening to Greg Ruderford, very scaving of our coaches in the UK. He goes to Phoenix, Mo is in US etc. Ask why our top athletes we go? Apparently the answer isn't the climate as the press report . We have the best sports physiologists, best physios but poor coaches.

Tony Minochello (sp) agreed with him, we are all about the cherry on top and less about the cake.