SouthStandUpperTier Posted 4 August 2017 Posted 4 August 2017 Gold for Mo Farah in the 10,000m. Bolt didn't look good in the 100m heats. He never does, but something definitely not right this time. I think Coleman of the USA could win it tomorrow.
stripeyfox Posted 4 August 2017 Posted 4 August 2017 Farah was brilliant - what a race. The atmosphere in that stadium on the big nights is incredible!
Izzy Posted 4 August 2017 Posted 4 August 2017 Mo Farah - wow. What an incredible athlete. How the fvck he can literally sprint the last 600m of a 10,000 meter race is quite remarkable.
stripeyfox Posted 5 August 2017 Posted 5 August 2017 Heart was in my mouth when he [Farah] stumbled on the last lap - thought he was gonna go down! Bolt has definitely been labouring a little in the middle section! Some good stuff to come today as well: Heptathlon Mens Long Jump Final Mens 100m Semi Finals and Final Women's 1500m semi final Love Track and Field, warts and all. It's a shame that the sport is blighted by doping but for me it is a great spectacle. When I started watching it as a kid I was struck by the simplicity of it - no complicated rules - just who can run fastest, jump or throw furthest.
Super_horns Posted 5 August 2017 Posted 5 August 2017 2 hours ago, stripeyfox said: Bet the Daily Mail love it! The Mail themselves will - their readers not quite so much! Most seem to hate the fact Farah dares to train in America and not live here... Not fans of Murray/Froome/Hamilton and a whole host of golfers I guess who don't train in the UK. Anyway whatever you think of the bloke there is no doubting his world class talent and one of our greatest ever. I guess the drugs allegation is a legacy of the sport itself which won't go away but he hasn't failed one....
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 5 August 2017 Author Posted 5 August 2017 Reece Prescod has some pick-up. Could get a medal if he can nail his start.
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 5 August 2017 Author Posted 5 August 2017 Well that went down about as well as a fart in a lift.
AKCJ Posted 5 August 2017 Posted 5 August 2017 Had to be Gatlin. He can **** off with that shush celebration though. He cheated and deserves all the stick he gets.
Livid Posted 5 August 2017 Posted 5 August 2017 I feel a little saddened that though all those year's Bolt dominated and he eased off in the final 10 metres as he knew he had it. If he had gone flat out for the line the time's he could have put up.
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 5 August 2017 Author Posted 5 August 2017 Michael Johnson is such a good pundit. One of the best in any sport.
Hitesh Posted 5 August 2017 Posted 5 August 2017 Great atmosphere there tonight apart the drug cheat winning and one kid behind me who came out with this... Quote Katrina Johnson-Thompson must be quite tanned shocking bit of causal racism
EastAnglianFox Posted 5 August 2017 Posted 5 August 2017 Did anybody else tonight just have that inevitable sad feeling that Bolt wasn't going to get that fairytale ending? KJT again seemingly bottling it in at least one discipline. Thanks Usain for the genuine once in a lifetime memories....Gatlin, go fvck yourself!
foxes_rule1978 Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 10 hours ago, EastAnglianFox said: Did anybody else tonight just have that inevitable sad feeling that Bolt wasn't going to get that fairytale ending? KJT again seemingly bottling it in at least one discipline. Thanks Usain for the genuine once in a lifetime memories....Gatlin, go fvck yourself! I felt he wouldn't win, he hadn't been running well all year. The fact Gatlin won, someone who I feel shouldn't be running having been banned twice just p*ssed me off more.
foxy boxing Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 Such a shame Bolt couldn't win and to have Gatlin win made it all the more disappointing and raises questions over how many times someone can cheat and come back and take glory!.
separator Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 Fastest 100m times... Those caught doping crossed out in red.
Amin Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 While I would have preferred Bolt to get the golden send off his career deserved, I have to admit feeling a little bit happy for Gatlin. He's a supremely talented athlete who's finally found redemption within himself after wasting his peak years with a drug ban. I understand why everyone hates him but when you realise that his first ban was a result of taking medication that he'd been using since childhood, it puts a different perspective on things. Especially when that is the reason most people wanted him banned for life. I think a 4 year ban for a first offence, which is essentially what it was, is fair. 4 years is a huge amount of time to be spent on the sidelines and it would normally destroy an athletes career. The only reason Gatlin is still going is because of his enormous talent. Any lesser athlete would have failed in their comeback attempt.
stripeyfox Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 26 minutes ago, Amin said: While I would have preferred Bolt to get the golden send off his career deserved, I have to admit feeling a little bit happy for Gatlin. He's a supremely talented athlete who's finally found redemption within himself after wasting his peak years with a drug ban. I understand why everyone hates him but when you realise that his first ban was a result of taking medication that he'd been using since childhood, it puts a different perspective on things. Especially when that is the reason most people wanted him banned for life. I think a 4 year ban for a first offence, which is essentially what it was, is fair. 4 years is a huge amount of time to be spent on the sidelines and it would normally destroy an athletes career. The only reason Gatlin is still going is because of his enormous talent. Any lesser athlete would have failed in their comeback attempt. Yeah, it does appear there is a bit more to it than the "bad guy" narrative being peddled by the media. I heard that he has cooperated with the authorities since his last ban and appears to have made great effort to make amends.
stripeyfox Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 Some more decent action tonight: 18:30 18:30 M 200 Metres Heats Startlist 18:35 18:35 M Triple Jump Qualification Startlist 19:00 19:00 W Hammer Throw Final Startlist 19:30 19:30 W 400 Metres Hurdles Heats Startlist 20:20 20:20 M 400 Metres Hurdles Semi-Final Startlist 20:25 20:25 W Triple Jump Final Startlist 20:55 20:55 W 400 Metres Semi-Final Startlist 21:30 21:30 M 110 Metres Hurdles Final Startlist 21:50 21:50 W 1500 Metres Final Startlist
Super_horns Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 GB not getting the medals they were hoping for so far..
EastAnglianFox Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 Gutted for Laura Muir, seemed to get stuck on the inside for a bit to long. Could watch that Sophie Hitchon throw that hammer all day long.
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